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Various ejection seats. In aircraft, an ejection seat or ejector seat is a system designed to rescue the pilot or other crew of an aircraft (usually military) in an emergency. . In most designs, the seat is propelled out of the aircraft by an explosive charge or rocket motor, carrying the pilot with
The downward-firing seat was replaced by the Lockheed C-2 upward-firing seat, which was capable of clearing the tail, but still had a minimum speed limitation of 90 kn (104 mph; 167 km/h). [59] Many export Starfighters were later retrofitted with Martin-Baker Mk.7 "zero-zero" (zero altitude and zero airspeed) ejection seats. [60]
In firearms, downward ejecting refers to firearms which eject spent cases downward from the firearm's receiver, rather than the more conventional designs which eject the brass to the side. This feature simplifies use by left-handers, [ 1 ] and can help prevent gases and debris from being ejected near the shooter's face.
The XF-104 featured an unusual downward-ejecting Stanley B seat. It was feared that contemporary ejection seat designs would not have enough explosive power to clear the high "T" tail assembly. In the event of the seat not firing, it was possible to manually release the lower fuselage hatch and then exit the aircraft via gravity.
The pilot and copilot ejected upward, while the navigator had a downward ejection seat built by Stanley Aviation. [81] Minimum safe ejection altitude was about 500 ft (150 m). In the 1950s, there were no suitable "dummies" to test ejection seats, thus live people were used. Several volunteers were injured testing the downward ejection seat.
Investigators identified ejection seat failure as a partial cause of an F-16 crash that killed 1st Lt. David Schmitz, 32, in June 2020. In 2018, four members of a B-1 bomber crew earned the ...
Stanley is also noted for its design and production of military aircraft ejection seats. Originally located in Aurora, Colorado the company's exhibit collection of ejection seats was donated to the Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum in Denver, Colorado, June 3, 2007. Sign outside the former Stanley Aviation plant.
"An Air Force instructor pilot with the 80th Flying Training Wing died early this morning from injuries sustained when their T-6A Texan II ejection seat activated during ground operations here May 13.