Talk:Escape crew capsule

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Only four flying U.S. military aircraft have had escape crew capsules:[1] * The B-58 Hustler and XB-70 Valkyrie had individual encapsulated seats. * The F-111 used cabin ejection where both side-by-side seats were in a single 3000-lb capsule.[2] * Three of the four B-1A prototypes also used cabin ejection. They had a single capsule "roughly the size of a mini-van" [3] for all four crew members.

Uh, that's wrong... Both the B-58 and the F-111 are retired aircraft. ^[1] The neither B-1A^[2] and the XB-70^[3] never made it into service. The B-1B did enter service in early 80's but that uses conventional ejection seats.

Nkuzmik 17:27, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

I think the statement is correct. It does not mean "flying today", and it does not mean "flying a lot". The statement means just what it says: "only four flying U.S. military aircraft have had [note past tense] escape crew capsules". Each of the four aircraft were 1) flown whether in operation or in testing, and 2) were originally designed for military use.

Also, I added the qualifier "flying" because there were tests on a non-flying aircraft, this was during testing prior to use in the B-58.

Maybe a better wording would be "Only four aircraft flown by the U.S. military have had escape crew capsules". If you prefer this, put it in.

--Pmurph5 05:57, 17 October 2006 (UTC)