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once the military was designing new ejection chair coaches for his or her aircraft aircraft pilots, We offered with regard to ejection seat instruction duty. In the old days, the coaches utilized live charges rather than pneumatically-driven space as well as gas breaks or cracks. I ＾shrunk" the centimeter or even 2 (because of spinal disc data compresion), but later regained my full, macho height associated with 5' 5" a few months later.<br><br>One much more Extra-Pay Responsibility tale?<br><br>O.Nited kingdom.<br><br>A study was ordered in order to appraise the results of full body armor (Kevlar) in case of emergency egress from a downed helicopter. I obtained very first dibs on this assignment simply because...nicely, due to the fact nobody else offered!<br><br>That should've been a sign.<br><br>Anyway, We strapped into the 9D5 NAWSTP (Naval Aviation Drinking water Survival Training course) heli-copter emergency multi-egress/crash simulator.<br><br>The simulation looks like a huge essential oil drum. The within ＾cabin" is one of the size of the actual cabin of the troop transportation helo. It is actually suspended above a little, instruction container (swimming pool) through heavy, metal wires. When the operator/engineer is prompted, he or she releases tension on the supporting cables and the gadget jams in to the drinking water (as being a real helo might throughout an emergency accident landing in to the ocean). After that, as all top-heavy helis perform, the unit starts to change inverted.<br><br>I knew/taught all the correct egress procedures.<br><br>I continued to be buckled in to the seat.
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