A mock-up of an F-111 cockpit section dropped out of the bomb bay of NASA's B-52 mothership on a test flight of a new parachute system for the F-111 "Aardvark" bomber.
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A mock-up of an F-111 cockpit section dropped out of the bomb bay of NASA’s B-52 mothership on a test flight of a new parachute system for the F-111 “Aardvark” bomber. The F-111’s ejection system separated the entire cockpit from the rest of the aircraft, and a large parachute was then deployed to lower the cockpit section to the ground.February 19, 1988NASA Photo / NASA› B-52 Project Description