Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbnews!cbnews!military From: wcarroll@jake.encore.com Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Ejection seats Message-ID: <1991Feb22.233026.4891@cbnews.att.com> Date: 22 Feb 91 23:30:26 GMT Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 19 Approved: military@att.att.com From: wcarroll@jake.encore.com From jabishop@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Jonathan A Bishop) > We've also tried encapsulating the individual seats in the XB-70, but that >didn't work well either; when XB-70 #1 went down, the pilot got his elbow >caught in the clamshell doors, and the capsule started rolling down a hill >after it hit the ground. The Dec 90/Jan 91 issue of Air&Space/Smithsonian had a piece on the last flight of XB-70 #1. The REAL interesting part is that the author is Al White, the pilot for that flight. William R. Carroll (Encore Computer Corp., Ft. Lauderdale FL) wcarroll@encore.com uunet!gould!wcarroll "This comment without commentary is not the view of the staff or management of WKPX, the Broward County School Board, ... or even me." - KZ Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com