Definition of ejection seat
: an emergency escape seat for propelling an occupant out and away from an airplane
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Others get one for being fired out of a plane via a Martin-Baker ejection seat.
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Columbia was equipped with ejection seats for its initial test flights, but escaping from an out-of-control shuttle was problematic at best.
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Bernthal had just one option: Reach for the bright yellow-and-black handle of the Martin-Baker ejection seat before the jet would be torn apart in the forest that lay ahead ahead.
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But his main claim to fame was as the fearless test subject for their signature invention: the ejection seat.
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Today, ejection seats have about a greater than 90 percent success rate.
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In addition to the F414 engine, NASA will repurpose the rear cockpit of a T-38 to serve as the supersonic X-plane's cockpit, including canopy and ejection seat.
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First Known Use of ejection seat
1945
EJECTION SEAT Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of ejection seat for English Language Learners
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: a special seat in an airplane that is used to throw you out and away from the plane when the plane is going to crash
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