<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.Mervyn]
I like the pun on "career", Mervyn! Apart from that I wanted to say that this business of Sea Harriers (journo articles, "RTI queries", "military statistics" and the like) is full of a lot of crap . Unfortunately some perverse goanetters are bandying them about with gusto relishing the prospect that we 'gullible' ones are being had. Cheers.
