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How Do Pilots Actually Eject From a Fighter Jet?

A civilian-owned Hawker Hunter fighter jet, acting as a “red air” adversary for the U.S. Navy, crashed into the Pacific off Big Sur, California, this week. -The pilot, working for the contractor ATAC, ...
A fighter jet and a helicopter based off the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz both crashed into the South China Sea within 30 ...
Both aircraft were on routine flight operations, the Navy said, when they went down in the South China Sea only 30 minutes ...
The wavy lines on some fighters' canopies signify an ejection system that explodes the canopy before hurtling the pilot away ...
Pilot Daniel Filer and backseat observer Mark Ruff clash on whether ejecting from the MiG at the air show put the public at risk.
The U.S. Pacific Fleet has confirmed the safe rescue of all personnel after an MH-60R Sea Hawk and an F/A-18F Super Hornet ...
In separate incidents, two Navy aircraft crashed in the South China Sea on Sunday. A Sea Hawk helicopter went down while ...
Two U. S. Navy aircraft crashed into the South China Sea within 30 minutes of each other Sunday, forcing five crew members to ...
The owner is arguing the rear-seater in the jet did not have authority to eject them, while the rear-seater counters that the ...