Photograph of the Northrop YF-17 test cockpit with lit rockets, circa 1960s-1970s. A test dummy is seated in the cockpit, likely in preparation for an ejection seat test.
Photograph of an AERCAB (Aerial Escape and Rescue Capability) ejection seat, circa 1960s-1970s.Typed in margin: "Bell Aerosystems - A Textron Company. Buffalo, New York 14240. 308729."
Photograph of an AERCAB (Aerial Escape and Rescue Capability) ejection seat, circa 1960s-1970s.Typed in margin: "Bell Aerosystems - A Textron Company. Buffalo, New York 14240. 308730."
Photograph of an unidentified man working on a Lockheed test cockpit, September 20, 1966. A test dummy is seated in the cockpit, likely in preparation for an ejection seat test.Caption: "6-8570. 9-20-66."
Photograph of a test dummy following a C-2 ejection seat test, March 10, 1967. The dummy's parachute is tangled around a pole.
Caption: "67-312-C. Run 4E-F1. 10 Mar 67. UNCL. Land-Air."
Inscription on verso: “C-2 seat program D-7."
Photograph of a test dummy following a C-2 ejection seat test, March 10, 1967. The dummy's parachute is tangled around a pole.
Caption: "67-312-F. Run 4E-F1. 10 Mar 67. UNCL. Land-Air."
Inscription on verso: "C-2 seat program D-7."
Photograph of a test dummy seated in a C-2 ejection seat, March 10, 1967.
Caption: "67-312-A. Run 4E-F1. 10 Mar 67. UNCL. Land-Air."
Inscription on verso: “C-2 seat program D-7."