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Old 11th Oct 2011, 11:38
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Lukeafb1

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(From 1961 onwards)

Longer Ron is quite right about having to swing the right seat forward to allow the Navigator to get in, then swung back for the front crew entry. There were two bang seats in the back.

The front seats were very ‘cozy’ being somewhat closer together than was comfortable. We were always told that if we needed to eject from the front, to go through the canopy rather than jettison it first. Never appealed to me because it was pretty strongly built! I once saw a pilot’s canopy fired by mistake by an armourer in a hangar, and all that happened was a damn great crack appeared and the port side lifted slightly, so probably going through it was the best advice.

All seats had ejection handles above the head.

The back seater’s had to jettison the hatch before going themselves, even though the hatch was ‘frangible’. But again, it was pretty strongly built.
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