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Originally Posted by vlad29

Ejection from ground-level is possible also Not safe for health enough - depending on situation. Eapecially usual thing for carrier's pilots

All modern aircraft that have ejection seats which are rated at 0/0. Meaning 0 airspeed 0 altitude. Basically every Navy Carrier ac has had a 0/0 seat since the early 60's. These modern seats use what's called a ballistic spreader...which opens the canopy while the seat is still going up (if that makes sense). Ejection seats are designed to safe your life....not save your life with no broken bones (or appendages if they get snagged).....a ground ejection may only give you a swing in the chute before you hit the ground so you could still break your neck or be dragged to death if you are unconscious. But that's much better then an out of the envelope low altitude ejection....which is not survivable (aka no chute before impact). My seat on a trusty F-5 is 60/0 ...which means you need at least 60 knots to get a chute....tho i dont know if I'd trust that with no ballistic spreader. The F-5 was designed in the 50's tho.