Originally Posted by
megan
John, does Bill Weavers M3+ escape count as an ejection, never used the seat, but the aircraft certainly "ejected" him.
Megan - surely Bill Weaver's doesn't count as an ejection, nor a wholly successful one; not only was it was not (as far as Bill could recall) a deliberate initiation of the seat (the crew were probably thrown clear as the aircraft disintegrated), but sadly Jim Zwayer (Lockheed systems specialist on board at the time) did not survive.
Highest recorded and completely successful ejection therefore, to my mind, has to go to J Peter de Salis and Pat Lowe who both survived after choosing to leave their Canberra B6 WT207 over Derbyshire in 1958. Any advance on 56,000 ft? (although it may have been higher, as the Scorpion rocket motors they were testing at the time probably propelled them upwards when they exploded...!)
Link here, including a further link on the page to Pat Lowe's own account,:
English Electric Canberra WT207; Lathkill Dale, then and now
Is that one in the book, JN?