In article ,
(Juergen Nieveler) wrote:

One other possibility occured to me, though - ISTR that most planes
used to have a system to get rid of the canopy in a hurry prior to
triggering the ejection seat itself. This was done to prevent people
from breaking their necks when they crashed through the closed canopy
on their ejection seats. Some planes (Harriers?) used to have detcord
embedded in the canopy to blast a hole into the canopy, others had
explosive bolts to push the whole canopy away.

Well, as the pilot, you have a choice. You can set off these explosive
charges that are really close to you, or you can have the man with a saw
cut open the canopy slowly, with plenty of time for you to move out of
the way. I'd go for the saw.

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