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Description Lt.(JG) A.J. Furtek makes the first U.S. Navy live ejection in flight from Douglas JD-1 Invader on 1 November 1946, near Naval Air Station Lakehurst, New Jersey (USA). The JD-1 was flying at a height of 1.500 m with a speed of 400 kph.
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Source U.S. Navy All Hands magazine January 1947, p. 27.
Author U.S. Navy

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