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Test Plane
rigged with first ejection seat upperparts be a revision of the P-51.
Lambert can be seen in the rear seat with parachute harness visible |
 First Sergeant Lambert
is seen after ejection mechanism has launched him from the aircraft |
Terra Firma
Lambert is surrounded by Army personnel who witnessed the event and
offered their congratulations |
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 Norfolk Virginian Pilot
carried an article about the successful test that read as follows:
FIRST HUMAN TO BE SHOT OUT
OF SPEEDING PLANE --- First Sergt. Lawrence Lambert of Berkeley, WV,
is pictured at the Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio, as he entered the P-61
plane which carried him aloft to become the first human in the U.S. to be
shot out of a speeding aircraft with the aid of the newly developed
Material Air Command's pilot ejection seat. Lambert was shot out of
the seat at an altitude of 6,000 feet (International news SOUNDphoto)
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Lambert's Passing
was reported to Floyd Hart in August of 1969 |
