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ejection seat
nounDefinition of ejection seat
: an emergency escape seat for propelling an occupant out and away from an airplane
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From a troublesome helmet mounted cueing system to inadequate ejection seats and logistics software, the F-35 has continued to face challenges. — Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics, "WTF-35: How the Joint Strike Fighter Got to Be Such a Mess," 27 July 2018 The thrust from an ejection seat imposes roughly 14 to 16 Gs of gravitational force on the human spine; the vertical compression causes one in three ejection survivors to suffer a broken back. — Fortune, "Only Pilots Who’ve Cheated Death Could Buy This Watch — Until Now," 25 Apr. 2018 In newer two-seat jets, the ejection seats are synchronized so activating one triggers the other. — Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, "Everything You Need to Know About Ejecting From a Fighter Jet," 25 Apr. 2017 One of those—the handle for the ejection seat—sits by your left hand. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "B-52 Bombers Could Quadruple Their Wing Bomb Loads," 25 June 2018 During the safety investigation process following an emergency landing of a B-1B in Midland, Texas, an issue with ejection seat components was discovered that necessitated the stand-down. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "Air Force Grounds B-1s Over Ejection Seat Issue," 8 June 2018 That includes the detection and control systems, the rocket motor (similar to those used in military aircraft ejection seats), the solid fuel supply, and the dense mass that provides the kinetic energy that turns a hit into a kill. — Eric Adams, WIRED, "Lockheed's Drone-Sploding Baby Missile Weighs Just 5 Pounds," 5 May 2018 Others get one for being fired out of a plane via a Martin-Baker ejection seat. — Fortune, "Only Pilots Who’ve Cheated Death Could Buy This Watch — Until Now," 25 Apr. 2018 Columbia was equipped with ejection seats for its initial test flights, but escaping from an out-of-control shuttle was problematic at best. — William Harwood, CBS News, "John Young, legendary moonwalker and shuttle commander, dead at 87," 6 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'ejection seat.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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