On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 02:47:11 +0100, anonymous coward
wrote:

On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 01:03:19 +0000, Ron Wanttaja wrote:

On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 15:47:49 +0100, anonymous coward
wrote:

The difference is Apollo 1 was flooded with pure O2 where jet fighters push O2
from a LOX converter to a face mask. Big difference.

Even then, Chuck Yeager get half his face burnt in a fire when he ejected,
IIRC.

You're right, but he didn't get burned because of his oxygen mask. He got
hit in the face by the still-glowing rocket motor that had powered the
ejection seat.

http://www.ejectionsite.com/f104seat.htm

has a paragraph about the accident. The motor started his suit burning,
but the oxygen made the fire burn much more fiercly.

That makes sense, since Yeager was wearing a full-pressure suit. Motor
melts through the visor, oxygen in the suit supports additional combustion.
Thanks for the correction.

Ron Wanttaja