Video: BAE Tests Ejection Seat for F-35 Lightning II Fighter Jet
Posted on April 14, 2011
Here is a video of BAE Systems testing its escape system for the F-35 Lightning II aircraft. BAE says system was tested as a full scale front section of the aircraft, complete with ejection seat and mannequin.
BEA says ejecting from an aircraft like the F-35 typically takes no more than three seconds from the time the ejection handle is pulled to the pilot being on a parachute. The aircraft mockup was launched at speeds in excess of 600 mph down the test track.
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