An ejection seat, even if a 0/0 seat could have gotten her out of the crash before it rolled past the seat's ability to correct for the spin, wouldn't have done anything for her if the crash happened faster than her speed in grabbing the handles and tugging on them. Going that fast, things go bad even faster and it's likely she didn't even have time to do anything but have her brain start to
consider that something bad was going to happen, then a split second later -
gone.
It's just silly to think that any kind of ejection seat could have saved her. There's a reason why airplanes have them because in more than a few cases, you have the
potential of realizing, "Oh, this bird is going down, gotta hit the silk" and then tugging the handles. Zipping along the ground at hundreds of miles an hour, you're already in the crash before your mind can grasp that it's happening. Ask anyone who's been in a normal car crash, if they saw it coming at all, they didn't have time to grasp what was happening to do anything about it. Think it's any easier at 300+ MPH faster?
marine air wrote:
Skipping the cliche’s of “ She died doing what she loved” and she made the ultimate sacrifice for the sport” , or “ she died with a smile on her face” or “ the benefits outweigh the risks.” Really?
That's just what the survivors say to make themselves feel better about the loss. I've been with people who died doing what they love as it happened on a couple of occasions. I can promise you all,
none went out with a smile on their face or their last words were anything like, "It was worth it..."