| | when the army had been designing new ejection chair coaches for their jet aircraft pilots, I offered with regard to ejection chair training duty. In the old times, the coaches used reside costs rather than pneumatically-driven space and hydraulic breaks. I ＾shrunk" a centimeter or 2 (due to spine disc compression), however later regained my complete, macho elevation of 5' 5" a couple of months later.<br><br>One much more Extra-Pay Duty tale?<br><br>O.Nited kingdom.<br><br>A research was purchased in order to appraise the results of full armor (Kevlar) in the event of crisis egress from a downed helicopter. I got first dibs about this task because...well, due to the fact nobody else volunteered!<br><br>That should have been an indication.<br><br>Anyway, We buckled into the 9D5 NAWSTP (Naval Aviation Water Success Training Program) helicopter crisis multi-egress/crash simulator.<br><br>The simulator looks like a giant oil drum. The inside ＾cabin" is one of the size of the log cabin of a troop transportation helo. It is actually suspended over a small, training container (pool) through heavy, metal cables. When the operator/engineer is motivated, he or she releases pressure on the helping cables and also the device jams into the water (just like a real helo would throughout an emergency crash landing in to the ocean). Then, as all top-heavy helis do, the device begins to turn upside down.<br><br>I knew/taught all of the appropriate egress procedures.<br><br>I continued to be buckled in to the chair.
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