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Fighter Pilot Podcast

FPP004 - Ejection Seats

Fighter Pilot Podcast

Tucker "Cinco" Hamilton, Retired U.S. Air Force Fighter Test Pilot

Leisure, History, Aviation, Technology, Personal Journals, Government, Society & Culture

4.92.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2018

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

A look at ejection seats and the harrowing story of a life-saving ride on one. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-fighter-pilot-podcast/donations

Transcript

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0:00.0

Thanks to our sponsor National University.

0:02.3

National University knows how important flexibility is for busy adults going back to school.

0:06.8

After all, NU was founded by a U.S. Navy veteran.

0:09.6

That's why NU offers year-round enrollment as well as four and eight-week online

0:13.5

course options, master's degrees and doctoral programs in the most high-demand

0:17.2

field so veterans and service members can advance their careers.

0:20.1

NU is a yellow ribbon school and accepts the post-911 GI Bill while offering veterans help to cover what the G-I-Bill may not.

0:27.0

To find out more, visit NU.EDU.

0:31.0

This week on the Fighter Pilot Podcast podcast people are screaming over the radio

0:34.8

eject eject eject eject and I remember pulling the handle and then blocking out

0:39.2

US Navy commander Ray Wysham tells us all about ejection seats,

0:43.5

including the time one saved his life. That is my favorite intro bumper so far. I hope you liked it too. Man these things are a lot of fun to put together. My 17 year old son and I would just find royalty free music on the

1:15.3

internet and find some videos in this case on YouTube which if you go to our

1:19.6

YouTube channel we're going to have a playlist where you can see episode four some of the

1:23.8

different ejection videos that are on there and where we stole some of the

1:26.8

radio communications from to make that but it's a lot of fun to put together and oh by

1:31.3

the way if you have some favorite you know royalty free

1:34.6

music or maybe even have your own little band well be sure to put something

1:38.7

together that rocks and either send it to me or send me a link so that we can

1:42.0

include it here on the show.

1:44.7

Well speaking to that, hello and welcome to the Fighter Pilot Podcast.

1:49.2

My name is Vincent Iello.

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