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From: gahooten@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Greg A. Hooten)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: MiG 23 crash
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Date: 8 Jul 89 04:34:41 GMT
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From: gahooten@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Greg A. Hooten)

In article <8028@cbnews.ATT.COM> henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes:
>From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
>The cause of the Harrier incident is thought to be understood... 
was that the explosive parachute-deployment system fired through
>the canopy, dragging the pilot out.  The question is why...?
>Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology

My question would be how?  This is because I don't understand
how the system works, and would love an explanation.  Does the
explosive parachute-deployment system work to deploy only the
chute, or is it hooked to the ejector seat that the pilot sits
on?  My confusion is, are they two different things, one (the
ejector seat) for getting the pilot out of the craft, and two
(the para-deploy system) for getting the chute canapy out of
the casing before the pilot hits the ground? 

GAH!
Greg A. Hooten