ejection seat

system designed to rescue the crew of an aircraft in an emergency
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ejection seat

Summary

ejection seat ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (314 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • ejection seat is a type of seat[2].
  • ejection seat is a type of aircraft component[3].
  • ejection seat is a type of emergency equipment[4].
  • ejection seat is part of aircraft cockpit[5].
  • ejection seat is used for abandonment[6].
  • ejection seat's Commons category is recorded as Ejector seats[7].
  • ejection seat comprises seat[8].
  • ejection seat comprises parachute[9].
  • ejection seat comprises rocket engine[10].
  • ejection seat comprises handle[11].
  • ejection seat comprises safety harness[12].
  • ejection seat comprises sensor[13].
  • ejection seat comprises computer[14].
  • ejection seat comprises squibs[15].
  • ejection seat's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ejection seats[16].
  • ejection seat's used by is recorded as military aviator[17].
  • ejection seat's different from is recorded as escape crew capsule[18].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include seat[2], aircraft component[3], and emergency equipment[4].

Use and Application

ejection seat is used for abandonment[6]. Components include seat[8]; parachute[9]; rocket engine[10], an engine type[19]; handle[11]; safety harness[12]; and sensor[13], a physical technological component[20]. It is part of aircraft cockpit[5]. Its used by is recorded as military aviator[17].

Why It Matters

ejection seat ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (314 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Ottawajin · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → aircraft cockpit
    Has part(s) → seat, parachute, rocket engine +5
    Subclass of → seat, aircraft component, emergency equipment
    Used by → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P7783]]: 200906094018065658, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/262104440|ejection seat (#262104440)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7507|J-GLOBA"
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