ejection seat

A seat fitted with an explosive charge and designed to eject the occupant clear of an aircraft during an in-flight emergency.

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ejection seat

ejector seat

(Aeronautics) a seat, esp as fitted to military aircraft, that is fired by a cartridge or rocket to eject the occupant from the aircraft in an emergency

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ejec′tion seat`

an airplane seat that can be ejected together with the pilot in an emergency.

[1940–45]

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Noun

ejection seat - a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute

ejector seat, capsule

cockpit - compartment where the pilot sits while flying the aircraft

seat - any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit); "he dusted off the seat before sitting down"

Translations

siège éjectable

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The combined effects of a removed canopy, ejection seat, and no external fuel tanks or pods left the aircraft with an unsafe center of gravity.

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This was the third incident of a Sukhoi's ejection seat firing on its own.

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I reached for the ejection seat ARM/SAFE handle and gave it a tug, but nothing moved.

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The inquest, held in Lincoln, heard that the ejection seat firing handle had been left in an unsafe position which meant it could accidentally activate the seat.

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When I headed off to Meridian, Miss., to fly the T-2 Buckeye, it was my first exposure to ejection seats. I remember sitting through the systems lecture for the ejection seat system and the instructor pilot said to us wide-eyed ensigns, "Should you ever have to pull the handle, take comfort in knowing that every part of this ejection seat was built by the lowest bidder."

You get what you pay for

Available in undamped configurations which produce no phase shift over the accelerometer's useful frequency range, the Endevco model 7264 series is designed for use in anthropomorphic test dummies, automotive crash testing, aircraft and automotive seat belt testing, sled testing, ejection seat testing, drop testing, and other applications in which minimal mass loading and a broad frequency response are absolute requirements.

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