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From: boyd@necisa.ho.necisa.oz.au
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Subject: Re: Ejection seats
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In article <1991Feb4.052511.15316@cbnews.att.com> voder!nsc!dtg.nsc.com!alan@decwrl.dec.com (Alan Hepburn) writes:
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>...  Can a pilot survive a punch out through
>a canopy?
>

It's not a problem on a Harrier as there is a `detonation cord'
around the canopy which shatters it just prior to ejection.


Boyd Roberts			boyd@necisa.ho.necisa.oz.au

``When the going gets wierd, the weird turn pro...''