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- Subject: Aurora
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- Date: 22 Dec 92 20:41:00 GMT
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- Recently put up for discussion: the aurora spyplane.
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- Q: What kind of ejection seat / survival system would be needed to get the
- pilot down from mach 8+?
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- A: One, the pilot must wear a an astronauts space suit to prevent his blood
- from evaporating and his skin from flaking off. Two, no seat / spacesuit
- could survive the "windblast" at altitude and speed. Therefore, either the
- AF doesn't expect pilots to survive a break up at cruise and havn't put a
- survival system in, or they would have to have an escape capsule, perhaps
- like the F-111 series or the B-58's and XB-70's personal ejection capsule.
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- What does everyone else think?
-