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Ejection System
Fighter Aircrafts Yes Helicopters - No
In 1916 Everad Calthron, an early inventor of parachutes, patented an ejector seat using compressed air
The first ejection seats were developed independently during World War II by Heinkel and SAAB
The first aircraft to be fitted with such a system was the Heinkel HE 200 prototype in 1940
Reducing the time The moment crew leaves the aircraft to The time parachute halts the fall
A helicopter is not a fixed wing airplane and usually operate at altitudes that ejection or bail outs are not possible.
Ejection
EJECTION FROM THE TOP EJECTION FROM SIDESDOOR BLOWN OFF
Kamov Ka-50
Entered Russian
forces in 1995 - first production Helicopter to be fitted with an ejection seat successfully.
System
The seat A control unit A pullout rocket motor A survival pack containing an
The
Altitude
0 to 6,000 m