View Single Post
  #8  
Old December 23rd 03, 01:39 PM
Getstuffed
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default


"James R. Freeman" wrote in message
...
David:
Ejection seats come up for sale all the time on the G.S.A. auction

site
under aircraft parts. The minimum bid is $3000 USD if Remember correctly.

I
think weight would be the problem.


The power of the charge that expels the pilot from a crippled aircraft is
far more than a homebuilt or GA aircraft could bear. The structure would
simply fail. Your best best is a recovery chute save yourself and the plane.