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How Do Fighter Jet Ejection Seats Work?

To mitigate risk factors associated with ejection, engineers continue to refine ejection seat technology—though risks remain.
It’s time to see what happens during catapult operations on an aircraft carrier, both above the deck and below the deck! Steam or electromagnetic? Our favourite is #NotWhatYouThink Ghislaine Maxwell ...
America’s most modern aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, embarked on her first major deployment earlier this year, sporting the latest in aircraft launching technology: electromagnetic ...
Not all aircraft carriers launch planes the same way. Some use steam or electromagnetic catapults to "fling" aircraft into the air. Others use a ski jump: a simple upward-curved ramp that lets jets ...