During a test flight in early 1942, Schenk found his controls iced up and unresponsive, and chose to abandon the aircraft using the rudimentary ejection seat powered by compressed air. Later ...

For now, the Air Force is stuck with their Cold War-era T-38 Talon trainer—while Boeing cannot seem to catch a break.

When a plane goes down, an ejection seat keeps pilots from going down with it. Ejecting from an ejection seat is not something a pilot wants to do, but it is something they have to do in case of ...