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From: urbanf@yj.data.nokia.fi (Urban Fredriksson)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Automatic ejection
Keywords: green fuzzy bananas
Message-ID: <1991Feb6.030242.19084@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 6 Feb 91 03:02:42 GMT
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From: urbanf@yj.data.nokia.fi  (Urban Fredriksson)



   It's quite true that you nowadays try to kill the
   pilot with anti-aircraft missiles. Recall the ad
   for RBS70 "... 2000 balls, of which on the average
   two is needed to incapacitate a pilot..."?

   But, on modern aircraft the pilot doesn't (always)
   have to pull the ejection handle: He/she is ejected
   automatically when the aircraft suffers certain
   types of structural damage.

   Many years ago I spoke to a Viggen pilot, who lost
   a wing, which smashed into the fin, during ACM. He 
   was ejected even before he noticed anything wrong
   with the plane.
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