ejection seat
noun
: an emergency escape seat for propelling an occupant out and away from an airplane
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The ejection mechanism is designed to automatically blast the canopy glass above the pilot open and outward before rocketing them to safety using a Collins Aerospace ACES 5 ejection seat.
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Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 23 June 2023
The cockpit of the aircraft reportedly had poor visibility, with an ejection seat which wrapped around the pilot's head.
—Madeline Beck, Detroit Free Press, 14 Aug. 2023
Filer was still trying to resolve the problem and maneuver the airplane toward a runway, but his ejection seat fired and he was launched out of the aircraft, the report said.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 26 Aug. 2023
The MiG-23UB was performing a low-level pass over the Thunder Over Michigan air show when the pilot and copilot abruptly fired their ejection seats, their parachutes carrying them to safety.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 17 Aug. 2023
But pilot visibility reportedly was poor and the ejection seat wrapped around the pilot's head.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 14 Aug. 2023
The Australian Hornets differed only in having the irrelevant carrier landing equipment removed, as well as minor alterations to their radios, landing systems and ejection seat straps.
—Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 23 June 2023
Tests show the Red Hawk’s ejection seat handling crash test dummies lower in the weight range roughly.
—Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 23 June 2023
The watches are even tested on real ejection seats as they are being tested.
—Roberta Naas, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 23 June 2023
The cockpit of the aircraft reportedly had poor visibility, with an ejection seat which wrapped around the pilot's head.
—Madeline Beck, Detroit Free Press, 14 Aug. 2023
Filer was still trying to resolve the problem and maneuver the airplane toward a runway, but his ejection seat fired and he was launched out of the aircraft, the report said.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 26 Aug. 2023
The MiG-23UB was performing a low-level pass over the Thunder Over Michigan air show when the pilot and copilot abruptly fired their ejection seats, their parachutes carrying them to safety.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 17 Aug. 2023
But pilot visibility reportedly was poor and the ejection seat wrapped around the pilot's head.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 14 Aug. 2023
The Australian Hornets differed only in having the irrelevant carrier landing equipment removed, as well as minor alterations to their radios, landing systems and ejection seat straps.
—Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 23 June 2023
Tests show the Red Hawk’s ejection seat handling crash test dummies lower in the weight range roughly.
—Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 23 June 2023
The watches are even tested on real ejection seats as they are being tested.
—Roberta Naas, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
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