Very neat! The F-111 had a capsule escape system as well, but both
crew remained together.
Chris
On 10 Mar 2009, at 17:58, Jim Nichols wrote:
> Chris,
>
> Aside from the sleek aerodynamics, the thing that I recall about the
> B-58
> was the crew escape capsule. It was designed so that, in the event
> of the
> need to eject, each crew member was encapsulated to protect him from
> the
> high speed airstream. I conducted wind tunnel tests of the
> stability system
> for the escape capsule.
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