Silent, high speed test film showing the proposed escape system for the S-3A Viking conducted at China Lake Naval Weapon Center in 1971. Some of the film shows a sequenced double ejection; the production aircraft was capable of a four person (the entire crew) near simultaneous ejection (see below).

The Lockheed S-3 Viking is a 4-crew, twin-engine turbofan-powered jet aircraft that was used by the U.S. Navy (USN) primarily for anti-submarine warfare. During the production run from 1974 to 1978, a total of 186 S-3As were built. All crew members in the Viking sit on forward-facing, upward-firing Douglas Escapac zero-zero ejection seats. In “group eject” mode, initiating ejection from either of the front seat ejects the entire crew in sequence, with the back seats ejecting 0.5 seconds before the front in order to provide safe separation

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