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General Category => Military/Defense News => Topic started by: rangerrebew on May 01, 2017, 08:33:41 am
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Everything You Need to Know About Ejecting From a Fighter Jet
You want to avoid it at all costs. But when there is no other option, it can save your life.
By Jay Bennett
Apr 25, 2017
The last thing a fighter pilot wants to do is eject, and it's not just because they're abandoning the ship to a fiery demise. The turbulent process of ejecting puts pilots at serious risk of injury. Once those rockets fire under the seat, they blow a person up and out of the cockpit with enough force to seriously bruise both shoulders on the harness straps and possibly break collarbones. And you better tuck in your knees and elbows, because if anything hits the side of the cockpit on the way out, it's coming off.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a26193/how-pilots-eject-from-fighter-jet/