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An '''ejection seat''' is a cockpit seat in an aircraft which can be fired clear of the aircraft with a small rocket charge if necessary, carrying the pilot. At a certain height, the seat will fall away from the pilot and a parachute will deploy. They are used only in military aircraft and test planes. Ejection seats first came into use in the [[Korean War]], in aircraft like the [[F-86 Sabre]], as the high speeds of jets made it impossible to simply jump with a [[parachute]]. | An '''ejection seat''' is a cockpit seat in an aircraft which can be fired clear of the aircraft with a small rocket charge if necessary, carrying the pilot. At a certain height, the seat will fall away from the pilot and a parachute will deploy. They are used only in military aircraft and test planes. Ejection seats first came into use in the [[Korean War]], in aircraft like the [[F-86 Sabre]], as the high speeds of jets made it impossible to simply jump with a [[parachute]]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:28, June 24, 2016
An ejection seat is a cockpit seat in an aircraft which can be fired clear of the aircraft with a small rocket charge if necessary, carrying the pilot. At a certain height, the seat will fall away from the pilot and a parachute will deploy. They are used only in military aircraft and test planes. Ejection seats first came into use in the Korean War, in aircraft like the F-86 Sabre, as the high speeds of jets made it impossible to simply jump with a parachute.