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ejection seat [ē′jek·shən ′sēt] (aerospace engineering) Emergency device which expels the pilot safely from a high-speed airplane. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Left, fairgoers are ``ejected'' on the midway's Ejection Seat ride. Sitting on an ejection seat for more than two hours, while trying to work the myriad switches and read the dials, is often a test of pure physical endurance, and it is only recently that cockpit design and aircrew comfort have achieved the importance they now enjoy. FAST is Teledyne's 4th generation electronic sequencer was designed to increase performance and offer integrated expandability and is a natural evolution of the existing 3rd generation Navy Aircrew Common Ejection Seat (NACES) electronic sequencers also designed by Teledyne that are currently fielded on the US Navy's F14D, F/A18 C/D/E/F, T-45A/C aircraft. |
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