Testing The Ejection Seat For Starfighter Jet
Testing The Ejection Seat For Starfighter Jet
Clip: 425703_1_1
Year Shot: 1967
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1758
Original Film: 040-017-04
HD: N/A
Location: Plymouth, England
Timecode: 00:04:08 - 00:04:41
The British demonstrate their jet ejection seat aboard a carrier off Plymouth, England. West Germany wants to replace seats in their American-made Starfighter jets with the British model. Reason: loss of forty pilots in sixty-five Starfighter crashes. High angle LS British aircraft carrier. Camera Zooms In to ejection seat and naval personal watching the test. CU the Ejection Seat speeding down the deck of the aircraft carrier. LS the Ejection Seat goes off the aircraft carrier and the two dummies aboard are ejected. The two dummies are ejected and their parachutes deploy ensuring them a safe landing. It works!