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Re:Institutions try to preserve the problem to which they ar... by notact on Saturday February 24, 2024 @02:06PM (#39494233)
Yup, and also not getting sucked out the door if you were able to open it (which you couldn't at cabin pressure anyway).
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Re:Institutions try to preserve the problem to which they ar... by WalterBright on Saturday February 24, 2024 @02:38PM (#39494515)
Burt Berlin, my mentor at Boeing, got his start working on the B47 (first jet bomber). They discovered that the pilot could not bail out into the wind stream, the force would just push him back in. Hence the development of the ejection seat to force him out.
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