Powered outward-opening cargo door

A door assembly for closing an opening in a wall, said opening including a periphery, said door assembly comprising:

• a door;
• hinge means associated with said door and said opening to mount said door to the periphery of said opening for swinging movement of said door between a first position in which said door is within said opening, and a second position in which said door is spaced from said opening and positioned above said opening in a canopy orientation;
• hinge drive means drivingly coupled to said hinge means for driving said door between said first and second positions;
• power means drivingly coupled to said hinge drive means for providing power to said hinge drive means, said hinge drive means being constructed and arranged such that said hinge drive means drives said hinge means only under power, said hinge means being immovable by manual operation while coupled to said hinge drive means;
• latch means associated with said door and manually operable when said door is in said first position, to move said door upwardly a predetermined distance prior to initiation of movement of said door toward said second position by said hinge drive means, said latch means including a handle means movable between a latched position and an unlatched position, movement of said handle means between said latched and unlatched position causing movement of said door upwardly within said opening;
• and,
• latch lock-out means associated with said handle means and operable when said door is spaced from said opening to prevent movement of said handle means from said unlatched position to said latched position, and constructed and arranged such that when said door is within said opening, said latch lock-out means is inoperative, thereby permitting movement of said handle means from said unlatched position to said latched position.