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Originally Posted by svandamme
Speaking of ejections, one of the things I've always wondered about is them downward ejecting seats first installed in the Starfighter.
But have not been able to find any pics or vids of that thing in action.
Seems like a nutty idea and amazing they actually did develop that into a production plane
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I believe the reasoning behind it was that the F-104 was the first supersonic production fighter with a T tail. There was concern that a pilot ejecting upwards might hit the T tail.
