Aviation Ping!......................
What exactly happens when an ejection seat activates? I believe there’s some sort of explosion designed to hurl the pilot (and his seat) well clear of the cockpit. How far does it throw the pilot? In this case, with the ejection occurring on the ground, would it throw him far enough into the air that he’d be severely injured when he hit the ground?
In 1980 at an Air Show at the old Willow Grove NAS in Pennsylvania was sitting in a Navy S3 Viking Jet set as a ground display. They were allowing people to sit in the cockpit. A 7 year old boy was in one of the seats and somehow activated the multiple step and sequence ejection mechanism and was killed after being ejected and landing on the nearby tarmac.
RIP and Prayers for the Family and Friends.
The Navy depot level rework facility I retired from here works this platform....and is fully certified to handle all maintenance on ejection seats.......hoo boy. 🫣
>“An investigation into the cause of the incident is underway,”
I’m going to go w/ their failures ala ‘gun-safety’: Make sure it’s UNLOADED
Like the dumb-asses playing around w/ vehicle airbags *facepalm*
One would think that by now these ejection seats would be designed as failsafe.
My father flew one of these 75 years ago, and it definitely did not have an ejection seat.
Oh man. Prayers for the pilot and his/her family.
Someone must have removed the NOT A SEAT ADJUSTING LEVER tag.
“Minor backup” is FOUR YEARS AFTER COMMISSIONING!
He’ll. WWII was over before today’s Air Force can commission and train a pilot.
Here’s a video of a pilot ejecting from an F-35B on the ground.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9GBHNaYzcs&ab_channel=WFAA
Every minute wasted on race, faggotry, and DEI… Is a moment not used for actual training.
The Death-Defying Mechanics of Fighter Jet Ejections
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1IhlU1qFN4&ab_channel=InsiderCars
Hm. It does sound like these planes use an “explosive charge”. I wonder if that is true or is bad reporting.
I thought they stopped using explosive charges a long time ago, back in the mid to late Sixties. But I could be wrong.