I once saw a B52 crew coming back from a mission. Some of them were wearing spurs. I later learned that some B52 crew members ejected downward hence the need for spurs.
Today's Illustration: They All Bailed Out Of A Perfectly Good B-52 Bomber! – RhetoricAndHomiletics.Org
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress
Cadets collaborate in B-52 Bomber ejection seat redesign • United States Air Force Academy
TIL that the B-52 Stratofortress has a unique egress system for its crew. Two of the six ejection seats actually deploy downward, out the bottom of the venerable U.S. Air Force bomber. :
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B-52 Egress System
B-52 Egress System
Steve Blank Ejection Seats
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B-52 Egress System
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