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Rocket-Powered Escape Seat Boosts Pilot Safety
Convair tests of a rocket powered escape seat for supersonic jets show it could help pilots survive ground level ejections. At Edwards AFB a rocket sled flight demonstrated a dummy reaching 124 feet before separation and parachute deployment, with the seat offering greater aircraft clearance and smoother deceleration according to Convair engineers. Argentina Printers on Strike Halts Newspapers in Buenos Aires as wage dispute escalates without arbitration.
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San Diego
Convair Division
General Dynamics Corp
U.S. Air Force
Aircraft Industry
Taleols
John G. Kalogeris
Convair
Hdwards Air Force Base
Calif
Kalogeris
Hugo I. Mohrlock
Argentina
Buenos Aires