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Eject Eject

When the call is made to abandon an aircraft its only the beginning of the story

From the Sunday Times bestselling writer John Nichol author of Spitfire Lancaster and Tornado comes a brilliant new book that reveals the astonishing story of an invention that has saved many thousands of lives around the world including his own the ejection seat

Nichol tells the remarkable tale of how the ejection seat was first conceived during the Second World War as countless lives were lost in accidents and in battle In the wake of the war that technological race to save aircrew lives using explosive seats continued at an incredible pace Nichol tells the story of the brave men who risked their lives testing those early devices and interviewed the first British pilot to eject back in 1949 when ejection from pulling the handle to being under the parachute took thirty seconds Today that figure is down to around one second

Packed with interviews with aircrew who know exactly how it feels to Bang Out from an aircraft at high speed both in peace and in war the book gives the reader a vivid sense of what that lifesaving experience feels like but also features the moving accounts of what happens next from the viewpoint of both the crews and their families who often have little or no information about whether or not their loved ones have survived

Because ejecting is just the start of a journey

Packed with dramatic action incredible science and moving recollections Eject Eject is an essential read