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Think of the guys family for god sake! The canopy impact caused the fatal injuries Stop making things up.
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So what you're saying is that the seat itself which is designed to break through the canopy whilst restraining the pilot somehow didn't beat the pilot to the canopy????
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The Iraq veteran died when his ejector seat went off while the Hawk T1 jet was still on the runway at RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire, throwing him up to 200 feet into the air. It is understood that the parachute failed to deploy and he plunged to the ground.
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Oh dear yet another one of your "lets try to get one over on Kymmy" times .. and yet another failure..again...... Surprised you used such a solemn time for such an attempt.. shame on you..
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For the techies amongst us if you want to know more about the Mk10 Martin-Baker ejection seat complete with details about it "through canopy" style and the fact that it not a "canopy jettison" action then here's the link..
http://www.martin-baker.com/products...ts/Mk--10.aspx
Although this ended in tragedy it is noted that ejection seats have saved 7364 lives since their introduction.