"Hey, what does this lever do?"

[markw]

The man, a civilian joyriding with his air force pilot friend, accidentally grabbed the eject lever while trying to brace himself.

He was instantly fired through the aircraft's perspex canopy and blasted 320ft (100m) into the sky by the rocket-powered chair

 

[sawzalot]

The man, a civilian joyriding with his air force pilot friend, accidentally grabbed the eject lever while trying to brace himself.

He was instantly fired through the aircraft's perspex canopy and blasted 320ft (100m) into the sky by the rocket-powered chair

oops how many times did I tell ya , "Just don't touch,anything"

 

[bandphan]

Thats awesome, wonder if his undies needed changing

 

[gmichael]

It starts the ride..

..and compresses your spine.

 

[Audioholics]

They are lucky to be alive.

 

[krzywica]

Those egress levers are really hard to pull as they are usually secured with safety wire. He must have REALLY yanked on it.

 

[jamie2112]

The guy is lucky to be alive.That can compress your spine if you are not in the right position..........scary indeed.

 

[Alex2507]

Would you call that having your stool pushed in or out?

 

[jamie2112]

Would you call that having your stool pushed in or out?

I am going with IN..........

 

[Martiad3]

Those egress levers are really hard to pull as they are usually secured with safety wire. He must have REALLY yanked on it.

They aren't that difficult to pull. The seat in the PC-7 is a variant what we use in some training aircraft and probably requires about 30 pounds of upward force to actuate; maybe a little more, maybe less.

 

[krzywica]

They aren't that difficult to pull. The seat in the PC-7 is a variant what we use in some training aircraft and probably requires about 30 pounds of upward force to actuate; maybe a little more, maybe less.

LOL...I had to google PC-7 because I'm not familiar with the airframe....I'll admit at first glance (didn't even read the article ) I thought it was an F-16 or F-15 that they were referring to....lol

 

[Biggiesized]

Poor guy, he has a premature ejectuation problem!

I read this comment and laughed.