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Old 8th Nov 2011, 21:49
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Tankertrashnav
 
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First of all my sincere condolences to the family and colleagues of the deceased. The Reds must be totally shellshocked after this year's tragic events.

Secondly, and I am not sure if this is the right thread to ask, but here goes. I have absolutely no wish to speculate on the cause of this accident but I have a general question. When I flew in aircraft fitted with ejector seats (the Jet Provost) these were of the old type - quite literally bang seats, and a zero - zero ejection would in all normal circumstance be unsurvivable. Are current aircraft (FJs that is) all fitted with rocket seats which provide a good chance of survival to anyone ejecting from a stationary aircraft on the ground? This may seem a silly question to current aircrew, but I have been out of the game for 35 years now and I genuinely dont know.
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