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Old 23rd Nov 2011, 21:38
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Brian Abraham
 
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Talking seats, there is little (nothing?) new under the sun. I'm presuming in this case the belt anchorages are on the seat. The Huey in the early days had issues with pilots still strapped in seat being found some distance from the wreckage, having exited the airframe through the windscreen. The simple expedient to fix the problem was to make the seat belt anchorages on the airframe, and not the seat.

Seeing what the pilot had been through very surprised to see him interviewed later and getting about without any apparent injury, as if he had just been for a walk to the corner shop.
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