Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!linac!att!cbnews!cbnews!military
From: urbanf@tuura.UUCP (Urban Fredriksson)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Ejection seats
Message-ID: <1991Feb22.231714.3672@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 22 Feb 91 23:17:14 GMT
References: <1991Feb12.014459.9718@cbnews.att.com> <1991Feb13.031100.25568@cbnews.att.com> <1991Feb20.052848.182@cbnews.att.com>
Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker)
Organization: Nokia Data Systems Oy
Lines: 19
Approved: military@att.att.com



From: urbanf@tuura.UUCP (Urban Fredriksson)

henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes:



>In fairness, the XB-70 ejection capsules only got used once, which isn't
>(That's right -- all those Mach 2 fighters have
>to slow to subsonic speeds before ejection or the warranty is void. :-))

    Not _all_. The seat in the J 35 Draken is cleared 
    for supersonic ejection, and has been so for almost
    15 years. (They are not the same as in 1959.) It has
    been stated they are OK up to Mach 1.3. 

| Urban Fredriksson |"You aren't late for the bus,   | I do NOT speak   |
| Stockholm, Sweden | you are early for the next."   | for my employer! |


Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com