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Aviation History
1955
1955 - 1667.PDF
28 FLIGHT 18 NOVEMBER 1955 MAGNIFICENT ACHIEVEMENT—On September 3, Sqn. Ldr. Fifield made the first live zero-feet ejection in a Martin-Baker Patent fully Automatic Ejection Seat from a Meteor 7/8. The IRVIN 24-feet para- chute used was of the same canopy design that saved the lives of 30,000 airmen during the war. IRVIN "The Aeroplane" photo. THE IRVING AIR CHUTE OF GREAT BRITAIN LIMITED, LETCHWORTH, HERTS, ENGLAND Telephone: Letchworth 888 Telegraphic Address: Irvjn, Letchworth
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