Ejection from a P-61 Black Widow

[jdh91741]

Ejection seats are made in England and sold to pretty much anyone.

[fiverats1]

Why are there always arguments on bomberguys vids? Someone please tell me.

[crispycritterz]

He's probably glad to get out of that plane since the P-61 has a habit of bursting into flames for no apparent reason.

[ZeroMinima]

Brave guy. I would be scared as fuck in the 3 or so seconds flying in the air, stripped to your seat and still without a parachute....

[thbs35]

I think Black Widow is a pretty brave guy. eh ejects 40 feet and doesn't afraid of anything.

[stevethepilot]

I imagine those 3 seconds aged him 30 years.

[nolifemerc]

would this work under 1500 feet? with this old system.

[freakyflow]

@0:39 Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­eeeeeeeeeeeeee..........

[WerkinMojo]

Notice that the test-ee is a Corporal and not a Captain. I appears that the enlisted schmo's are more expendable than the commissioned schmo's.

[kolbpilot]

One of the coolest looking planes of the war.

[HuasoPodrido]

the pilot looks like charlie Brown

[SvenTviking]

German engines may have had finer tolerences, but they were downon power compared to allied engines. They had no reliable engines over 1900 hp were the US and Britain had lots. Also allied engines were serviced in the front line. German engines had to be crated and sent back to the factories for servicing.

[GRATZIANI2002]

the russians have the best ejection seats..see any airshow with russian fighters..

[OPE08]

@GRATZIANI2002 - lol...

[fernanties]

@GRATZIANI2002 hahaha, they do get to test them a lot.

[MrCriticOfAll]

@GRATZIANI2002 They need them dont they?

[BeLikeWater1000]

@GRATZIANI2002 true, and russian fighters are built like shit which is why their ejection seats get used so much

[GRATZIANI2002]

@BeLikeWater1000 yap!..big like!..

[GrigoriZhukov]

@BeLikeWater1000 Not true...but being as you were born in 2002 I'm not surprised at your lack of education or factual knowledge.

[BeLikeWater1000]

@GrigoriZhukov lol im 28 buddy. Russians and U.S. fighters have zero altitude ejection seats so there about the same. Russian fighters have always had big engines, but they cant mess with the raptor or even the f-15.

[SenorSpode]

@BeLikeWater1000 Actually, Russian planes love ingesting fowl. And the Russian airshow pilots tend to cut their margins too close.

[PhantomUAV]

@GRATZIANI2002 no they don't, Martin Baker do..........actually they are both good, just different.

[ahz123]

@GRATZIANI2002 good thing!

[SenorSpode]

@GRATZIANI2002 Actually, they have the best parachutes. The seats perform no better than anyone else's, it's the 'chutes that make all the difference.

[CoffeeManDan1]

Lol..I love Cheesy videos like that xD

[DEP717]

P-61s did a lot after the war. They did a lot of the early weather mapping stuff, using their radar. Meteorology owes a lot to this plane!

[TrackMonkey327]

Great airplane!

But as for those helmets...good grief!

[nolifemerc]

its great for old usa to use german tech. after the war.

[iowa61]

Yes. To the victor goes the spoils...

[heledraku]

us screenplay

[fluffy1931]

hey assfag. the germans did'nt invent the internet, or computers.

[nolifemerc]

relly so the computer was developed from the e.seat....or ....what moon man,

[OPE08]

Several companies had been working on the ejection seat idea, Germany was simply the first country to have one in a combat aircraft.

Its pretty common to believe that somehow Nazi Germany was some sort of tech wonder, when in reality they were simply the only country to spread their R&D all over the place during the war, while all the other countries purposely reigned theirs in to concentrate on what was already proven and necessary.

[GRATZIANI2002]

@OPE08 it was a Romanian guy who invented ejection seat..

[gilliguts]

@OPE08 ... Cant entirely agree. The Germans werent just way ahead in their thinking...There was also the quality of their engineering. Aircraft engines were built to finer tolerances than the British or American ones. And it doesnt stop there. Tailess designs for eg. The idea was not new but when it came to the practical application the Komet was a far sweeter handling aircraft than the British DH 108 which came out several years later. They spent far less on R&D than the Allies

[OPE08]

@gilliguts - they spent less in dollars, but the percentage of effort expended on "special" projects throughout the war was far greater. The US/UK both adopted a "go with what works" strategy, where the Nazi regime scattered resources on just about anything and everything the whole time. "Building engines to finer tolerances" actually hurt them in many cases, as it made routine maintenence far more difficult. As in the Panzer VI ( and up) which could not be field repaired.

[NoMercyJustCruelty]

Good thing the wing behind the cockpit didn't slice him in half.

[brando0513]

ahh the good ol days of aluminum twin propeller fighters!

[tyrbolo]

I wonder if that was Stapp, the same guy who

did the rocket sled ejection tests at Mormon Mesa

in the 1950s

??

[asianfinn]

"Human guinea-pig" & "So long pal...it was nice knowing you!"

When you hear those words, you just know your day is going to be bad...

[taofledermaus]

Fortunately they invented the test-dummy in 1947.

lol

[Tada123123]

Corporals are more dispensable ;)

[coldshot357]

I would love to have heard the conversation before this test. hey corpral guess what you just volunteared to do?

[420tenke420]

lmfao :P

[pixelsquad]

Nice! I remember building a model of one as a kid. Easiest paint job ever, matte black :)

[LordButtercracks]

The P-61 was an awesome night fighter and anti ship/ground attack weapon.

Incredible technology. Im not sure if it saw service against the Germans.

[StarTux]

The P-61 did indeed see service in Europe. Check out the book, "P-61 Black Widow Units of World War 2"

[ocsdct]

Your name is that of the pre-SR-71 fighter...you must have good knowledge about planes! Greetings from an argentinian aeroplane addict!

[TBM3EAvenger]

The SR-71 never carried armament and therefore could hardly be refered to as a fighter it was strictly reconaisance

[ocsdct]

That's right, all it had of a fighter was the "F"...

[ocsdct]

The best night fighter from II WW...togeher with the He-219 Uhu, which luckily they couldn't build many more!

[YF12A1972]

Two great night fighters, couldnt agree with you more!

[leomannpictures]

Funny! Listen to the announcer,  as if ejecting from a high flying aircraft is just some harmless routine..nothing bad could happen, right? LOL

[ocsdct]

Indeed!