Flying emergency ejection seat

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1987-09-21

1989-03-21

Barefoot, Galen

Aeronautics and astronautics

Aircraft structure

Fuselage and body construction

244 49, 244 89, 244140, 244 4A, B64D 2508

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active

048136344

ABSTRACT:
A flying emergency ejection seat for endangered airman to escape from distressed aircraft and to fly cross country in the seat to sanctuary of a more favorable environment for recovery having the following existing state-of-the-art non-flying seat survival features of an airman's ejection seat including: a parachute, a rocket/catapult propelled escape seat for ejection, a survival kit for air, land, and water survival equipment, guidance controls on the escape seat and mating guides in the aircraft to direct the path of the seat ejection from the aircraft, seat/man separation device, and added on design features of this invention to make it a flying seat:shall include add-on folding wings for extension in flight to sustain the seat in flight, add-on extendable empennage for extension during ejection to stabilize and guide the direction of flight of the seat in a prone attitude, add-on actuators on the seat bucket to stretch out the airman into a physical prone head down, face forward configuration for minimum aerodynamic drag, add-on one or more powerplants folded in the headrest when ejected and extended for flight to propel the flying seat horizontally cross country.

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