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To: Newbomb Turk

Yes, it’s a zero-zero seat. The F-16 pilots are instructed to eject if they’re exiting the runway at or above 60 knots. Once you leave the runway, your control inputs will do absolutely nothing for the path of the jet. It’s much safer to eject, too many pilots choose not to.


7 posted on 08/14/2017 7:19:48 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

This plane is an F-18 but all of Our planes have 0/0 seats these days.

They work because the seat is basically mounted on top of a Mortar Rocket.


12 posted on 08/14/2017 9:15:12 PM PDT by mabarker1 (Progress- the opposite of congress)
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