> In a flash the experienced pilot yanked the twin handles of the Martin
> Baker ejection seat between his thighs. His seat rocketed out of the
> cockpit into the sky.
> The parachute blossomed minutes after the aircraft thudded on the
> concrete.
Folks,
It normally takes several THOUSAND feet for a parachute to open. An air force
parachute could probably open in within a hundred feet. However, the force of
the ejection would end the carrear of the pilot. S/he would crush his/her
vertebrae in the process. Such are the facts.
Mervyn3.0
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