By: gabby - 4th January 2016 at 10:16
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This is the later version of the Lockheed T33 seat which incorporated a somewhat primitive device for pushing the occupant out of the seat following ejection/clearing the aircraft.
I have an earlier example , and can say that it was all pretty hazardous back in the fifties if you had to punch out. Frequent problems with extreme disorientation due to the tumbling of the seat after it left the aircraft, caused many pilots to fail to separate from the seat and therefore had no opportunity to use their chute.
The early flight manuals advised aircrew to unfasten the seat harness PRIOR to ejecting to avoid this problem !
By: wl745 - 5th November 2015 at 10:26
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T-33 thanks for that,another picture although I think I have had it on before.
By: Peter - 4th November 2015 at 15:07
Definately T33
By: Sabrejet - 4th November 2015 at 14:06
As its marked FWD seat I’m guessing not a single seater?!
Rob
Well noticed! T-33 then.
By: J Boyle - 4th November 2015 at 13:34
As its marked FWD seat I’m guessing not a single seater?!
Rob
If the seat is in Thailand and it is from a tandem seat American jet….that narrows it down.
Looks like a T-33 to me, but I’m no seat expert.
By: Wyvernfan - 4th November 2015 at 13:08
As its marked FWD seat I’m guessing not a single seater?!
Rob
By: Sabrejet - 4th November 2015 at 10:27
Looks F-84 to me.
Also looks like an F-86F instrument panel at centre in shots 2 and 3.
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