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Old April 18th 04, 03:53 AM
Big John
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Mary

Short answer. My sources tell me that it is the FAA and having
explosives in/on the aircraft.

Big John

Big John

On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 22:27:56 -0700, Mary Shafer
wrote:

On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 22:08:04 GMT, David Reinhart
wrote:

It's my understanding that ejection seats aren't allowed on civil aircraft
because the pyrotechnics used are illegal for civillians to own. They're
considered controlled military munitions.


Can the fact that ejection seats weigh something like 600 lb each have
anything to do with their not being used in GA aircraft?

Privately owned aircraft can have working ejection seats, though.

Mary