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29th April 1949 The 18th Salon de l'Aéronautique Aeronautical Exhits in Paris "Holland FOKKER (N. V. Nederlandsche Vliegtuifabriek Fokker) Fokker S.14 two / three seat trainer. Both front seats are of the pilot-ejector type" |
| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit / Serial | based | crew | photo | seat |
| 1st June 1949 | USAF | TF-80C | Muroc and Hamilton Air Force Bases | Sgt. Vic James ejected at 10,200ft., 405 T.A.S. m.p.h. |
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1949 Two F-86's crashed mid-air near Quail lake south of Gorman 06/10/49 Two F86 "Sabre" fighters from mid-air over Gorman CHECK DETAILS - SOME CONFUSION |
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First American USAF Aviator to use an ejection seat
in an emergency - This is now disputed with the information that General Edmund Edwards ejected from an F-84 in July 1948 |
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| 10th June 1949 | USAF | F-86A-5-NA Sabre |
48-135 or 48-191 |
March Field | Mid-air collision near Quail lake south of Gorman, CA. One pilot killed the other "bailed Out." | NAA | ||
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Lt. Farley made a successful ejection and received only minor injuries on
landing on a ridge of the San Bernadino Mountains. Supplies were dropped by a civilian pilot and by the pilot of an Air Force L-13 aircraft before he was rescued by a helicopter.
[Believed to be the first emergency use of an ejection seat in the USAF ,
although article gives it as
the first emergency use of an ejection seat in the United States.] [The Aeroplane/p.523/14-10-1949]Seen
to go This is now disputed with the information that General Edmund Edwards ejected from an F-84 in July 1948 |
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| 10th June 1949 | USAF | TF-80C | Muroc and Hamilton Air Force Bases | Capt. Vince Mazza ejected at 10,500ft., 480 T.A.S. m.p.h. |
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| 20th June 1949 | USAF | TF-80C | Muroc and Hamilton Air Force Bases | Capt. Vince Mazza ejected at 10,300ft., 535 T.A.S. m.p.h.. |
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| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit / Serial | based | crew | seat | photo |
| 5th July 1949 | USAF | TF-80C | Muroc and Hamilton Air Force Bases | Capt. Vince Mazza ejected at 9,000ft., 555 T.A.S. m.p.h.. |
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| First American Naval Aviator to use an ejection seat in an emergency | ||||||||
| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit / Serial | based | crashed | crew | photo | seat |
| 9th August 1949 |
 USN |
McDonnell F2H-1 Banshee | VF-171 |
on a routine training flight after picking up a new F2H Banshee at Cherry Point.
Flying at 38,000 feet, near Walterboro, South Carolina |
Lt. Jack L. "Pappy" Fruin ejected at 597 m.p.h |
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McDonnell | |
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S. B. A. C. Flying Show and Static Exhibition Farnborough 1949
RIGHT: an early Martin-Baker Advert - this design is by E. Harmsworth appeared in both THE AEROPLANE and FLIGHT during September1949 and capitalized on the successful live ejection of Flt. Lt. J. O. Lancaster who had made the first live emergency ejection in Britain on 30th May 1949 from the Armstrong Whitworth AW-52 Flying Wing |
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02/10/49 Navy JR-B twin-engine Beech plane from China Lake crashed in
the Sierra's
03/02/49 F84 "Fury" jet crashed 50 miles northwest of Bakersfield.
03/02/49 Two USMC
Hellcats Crash On Mount Baldy
03/02/49 Navy F4U "Corsair" # 97448 crashed on Santa Cruz Island
03/05/49 F4U Corsair found crashed on Santa Cruz Island.
03/10/49 B25 crashed in rain 17 miles northwest of Rosamond
06/16/49 Navy R4D crashed in Dry Canyon south of Mulholland Drive in the
City of Los Angeles.
09/21/49 National Guard F51 #NG-4-73080 crashed in Gold Canyon above
Pacomia.
