How to Use ejection seat in a Sentence
ejection seat
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One of those—the handle for the ejection seat—sits by your left hand.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 25 June 2018
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His chute formed a shroud around his body, and his ejection seat sat some 50 yards above him on the hillside.
—Sarah Scoles, Popular Science, 5 Jan. 2021
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Tests show the Red Hawk’s ejection seat handling crash test dummies lower in the weight range roughly.
—Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 23 June 2023
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Others get one for being fired out of a plane via a Martin-Baker ejection seat.
—Fortune, 25 Apr. 2018
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There was a weight requirement related to the ejection seat.
—Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2020
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But his main claim to fame was as the fearless test subject for their signature invention: the ejection seat.
—smithsonianmag.com, 12 Dec. 2017
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Today, ejection seats have about a greater than 90 percent success rate.
—Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 13 Jan. 2017
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The pilot, unsure whether the ejection seat system had suffered damage, elected to belly land the plane.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 8 Apr. 2020
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Inside a giant steel ring hung a padded chair that reminded Delahunt of an ejection seat.
—oregonlive, 15 Oct. 2019
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The watches are even tested on real ejection seats as they are being tested.
—Roberta Naas, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
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Bernthal had just one option: Reach for the bright yellow-and-black handle of the Martin-Baker ejection seat before the jet would be torn apart in the forest that lay ahead ahead.
—Fortune, 25 Apr. 2018
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However, the ejection seat may not always shoot upward.
—Dallas News, 22 Dec. 2022
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After all, this is the brand that builds watches for those who ejected and survived a plane incident using a Martin Baker ejection seat.
—Roberta Naas, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
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Being sealed up in a full pressure suit and strapped into an ejection seat for 11 hours is definitely not for everyone.
—Alex Hollings, Popular Mechanics, 4 Sep. 2019
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In newer two-seat jets, the ejection seats are synchronized so activating one triggers the other.
—Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 25 Apr. 2017
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Right around this time, the pilot also separates from the ejection seat, detaching from their seat belt and other harnesses.
—Dallas News, 22 Dec. 2022
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Apparently the quick and dirty safety briefing failed to properly emphasize the fact that the black-and-yellow striped loop in the middle of the seat, between his legs, was not a grab handle but the trigger for the ejection seat.
—Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 13 Apr. 2020
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Other equipment, including an ejection seat powered by a light infantry mortar, were left in place.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 23 Mar. 2021
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The long hose at the front of the mask (think elephant trunk) connects to an oxygen regulator, which is linked to both the in-aircraft oxygen equipment and a small emergency oxygen bottle located in the ejection seat.
—Cory Graff, Popular Mechanics, 18 Apr. 2021
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But pilot visibility reportedly was poor and the ejection seat wrapped around the pilot's head.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 14 Aug. 2023
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Columbia was equipped with ejection seats for its initial test flights, but escaping from an out-of-control shuttle was problematic at best.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2018
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The life-support system, instrumentation, and ejection seat were also located in the cabin, according to NASA.
—Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 6 Sep. 2022
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Earlier this year, an investigation was launched into the military's F-35 fleet over a possible defective part in the jet's ejection seat.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2022
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The thrust from an ejection seat imposes roughly 14 to 16 Gs of gravitational force on the human spine; the vertical compression causes one in three ejection survivors to suffer a broken back.
—Fortune, 25 Apr. 2018
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That includes the detection and control systems, the rocket motor (similar to those used in military aircraft ejection seats), the solid fuel supply, and the dense mass that provides the kinetic energy that turns a hit into a kill.
—Eric Adams, WIRED, 5 May 2018
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Methods included being rotated underwater in an ejection seat and being dragged across the pool attached to a parachute, from which students had to disentangle themselves.
—Nojan Aminosharei, Men's Health, 17 May 2022
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From a troublesome helmet mounted cueing system to inadequate ejection seats and logistics software, the F-35 has continued to face challenges.
—Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics, 27 July 2018
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The Australian Hornets differed only in having the irrelevant carrier landing equipment removed, as well as minor alterations to their radios, landing systems and ejection seat straps.
—Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 23 June 2023
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This is another signature of the brand, which produces rugged precision instruments for military associations around the world and watches in conjunction with the famed Martin Baker ejection seat company.
—Roberta Naas, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2021
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During the safety investigation process following an emergency landing of a B-1B in Midland, Texas, an issue with ejection seat components was discovered that necessitated the stand-down.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 8 June 2018
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