Boneyard Safari
Preserving Aviation HIstory

An instrumented mannequin ejects, with help of pyrotechnics, from a specially modified YF-4J drone at the Naval Warfare Center Weapons Division at China Lake, CA, on Wednesday May 19, 1999. The test was the final flight in NASA’s ejection seat research, which began in 1995 at NASA’s Armstrong (then Dryden) Flight Research Center in Edwards, CA. The project was a collaboration between NASA, the Naval Warfare Center, and the Canada’s Department of National Defense. #f4phantom #

Origins of the ejection seat #ejectionseat #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

The access hatch on the High and Mighty One at Pima Air and Space Museum #b52 #ejectionseat #pimaairandspacemuseum #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Here is a diagram for the Ejection Seat configuration on the Space Shuttle. #ejectionseat #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

A bit more about the B-58 Hustler. #b58 #ejectionseat #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Per request, a look at the ejection seat on the Gemini capsule. #ejectionseat #projectgemini #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Did you know the Germans invented the Ejection Seat? #ejectionseat #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Did you know Orbiter Enterprise OV-101 had ejection seats? Here is Astronaut Joe Engle in the cockpit at the Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC) prior to takeoff of the 747SCA in 1977. You can see the outline of the hatch in the top of the photo. #ejectionseat #nasa #spaceshuttle #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Check out the ejection sequence on the S-3 at Pima Air and Space Museum #s3viking #ejectionseat #pimaairandspacemuseum #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

What aircraft are we in today? #ejectionseat #aviationsafari #aviationpreservation #boneyardsafari