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re: USAF Instructor Pilot Passed Away This Morning Due to Ejection Seat Malfunction
Posted on 5/14/24 at 12:17 pm to Czechessential
Posted on 5/14/24 at 12:17 pm to Czechessential
Yeah that makes sense 
I guess I (a layman) never really considered that they would have designed ejection seats for zero altitude/zero airspeed.
I guess I (a layman) never really considered that they would have designed ejection seats for zero altitude/zero airspeed. 
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Posted on 5/14/24 at 12:22 pm to When in Rome
yeah, that’s been a thing for a while, T-6 came along after my time but in the T-38 the parachute is integrated into the seat
Posted on 5/14/24 at 12:25 pm to When in Rome
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Yeah that makes sense I guess I (a layman) never really considered that they would have designed ejection seats for zero altitude/zero airspeed.
it's in case of a fire or something to that effect if the plane is parked on the ground. if a pilot is strapped in and the canopy is down and a fire breaks out, he doesnt want to have to gamble on whether or not the canopy will still open and mess with buckles and straps and what have you. he wants out, like right now.
Posted on 5/14/24 at 12:27 pm to When in Rome
Nothing is 100% guaranteed.
The zero-zero seat is exactly the same whether you’re 5’8”/180 or 6’3”/225. Pull the handle on the ground and you’re getting markedly different rides.
Seats have malfunctioned. There have been inadvertent ejections, partial ejections, etc, etc.
It’s an unforgiving business and sometimes it’s just not your day. Way too early to know what happened here.
The zero-zero seat is exactly the same whether you’re 5’8”/180 or 6’3”/225. Pull the handle on the ground and you’re getting markedly different rides.
Seats have malfunctioned. There have been inadvertent ejections, partial ejections, etc, etc.
It’s an unforgiving business and sometimes it’s just not your day. Way too early to know what happened here.
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