A couple more from the box
From JATE - the date 1998. Auto Gravity Ejection. Goodness me so many TLAs. We had ILP (In Line pairs) B4s (Block 4s) and various other permutations and combinations.
A barrier rigged from chains and the infamous 10K tensioners was rigged to stop the load going forward. A flagellator connected the drogue parachute strop to a set of separator boxes. Overhead chains kept the load on the floor till P-quite a time. On Green on the drogue released from the bomb rack, some shear pins broke in these boxes which left the aircraft followed by the loads trundling out under gravity (due to floor angle and a climb.
There was several other methods for despatching one tons. It was not until the J came along did we get any harmonisation. The Buffer stop replaced the chain barrier. The retrieval winch was used to pull a pin out of a strap.
