Ear‐to‐ground

Abstract

Only 12 of the 90 ejections occurred at altitudes in excess of the minimum barostatic altitude (10,000 ft.) while 41 per cent of all successful ejections were started below 1,000 ft. and 29 per cent below 500 ft. Ejection speeds tended to be low, there being only five cases above 300 knots, the vast majority of ejections occurring between 150 and 200 knots. There were also some very slow ejections which occurred at 50 knots, 90 knots, etc. and including one following an aircraft being literally blown off a carrier flight deck by jet blast from other aircraft. Although there was no forward speed to help in developing the parachute, the pilot escaped with minor facial injuries.

Citation

(1964), "Ear‐to‐ground", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 36 No. 1, pp. 21-21. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb033822