Air Vice-Marshal Peter Howard RIP

Kyt · Oct 31, 2007

An amazing man

On March 13 1962 Howard fired himself from the rear seat of a modified Meteor jet fighter. The aircraft was flying at 250ft, at 290mph. The rocket pack strapped to the seat generated 3,600lbs of thrust over less than a fifth of a second, giving a peak force of 16G (16 times the pull of gravity), propelling the seat from the aircraft at a velocity of 80ft per second.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2007/10/30/db3001.xml

spidge · Oct 31, 2007

Despite his fear of heights and dislike of flying
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What a guy!

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