[simpits-tech] Whats happenin?

[Gene Buckle]

On Fri, 27 Aug 2010, Ido Dekkers wrote:

>>> A-10 or the F-15, we don't have fancy rocket seats to save us. In fact
>>> since about 2008 we don't even carry parachutes anymore. I'm just not
>> I didn't know you guys ever did.  You wouldn't think it would be too hard
>> to put an ACES II or similar in a 707 - there's plenty of room in there.
>> Then again, they're not comfortable at all and you can't have fancy
>> cushions in there unless you enjoy being a parapalegic after the seat
>> cracks your spine after compressing the seat pad.
>>
> i think it's more complicated then that,
> i don't' think ejecting 3? 4? people from the same pit is that easy ?
>
They did it for the B-52 and the B-2.

The B-52 even featured downward ejection tracks for the Navigator and some 
other crew stations.

g.

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