oleorun@real.lemmy.fanM to Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'@real.lemmy.fanEnglish · 6 months agoAir Force instructor dies after ejection seat goes off while plane is on the groundwww-nbcnews-com.cdn.ampproject.orgexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up141arrow-down13file-text
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minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·edit-26 months agoI had kind of assumed they were all zero-zero now, especially on something relatively new like the Texan, and especially a trainer. But what do I know, maybe the research said it wasn’t critical. Weird to have this happen, that stuff is safety’d seven ways to Sunday, and stays disarmed until ready to go. Edit: looks like it’s a zero-zero seat (Texan II first flew in 1998). https://martin-baker.com/ejection-seats/mk16-us16la/ Edit 2: According to my aircraft anorak, these seats are deactivated until the plane is in the air using a Weight-off-Wheels switch.
I had kind of assumed they were all zero-zero now, especially on something relatively new like the Texan, and especially a trainer.
But what do I know, maybe the research said it wasn’t critical.
Weird to have this happen, that stuff is safety’d seven ways to Sunday, and stays disarmed until ready to go.
Edit: looks like it’s a zero-zero seat (Texan II first flew in 1998).
https://martin-baker.com/ejection-seats/mk16-us16la/
Edit 2: According to my aircraft anorak, these seats are deactivated until the plane is in the air using a Weight-off-Wheels switch.