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We take seatbelts, airbag and ejector seats for granted but in the early days of the jet age the effects of high-speed travel where unknown especially when you had to make a quick exit.

One man made it his mission to find a way to protect jet crew and in the process made travel for every one a lot safer but he didn't use crash test dummies, he used himself, the original human crash test dummy.

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Presented by
Paul Shillito

Written & Researched
By Paul Shillito

Images and Footage
NASA, Boeing, USAF
Dept of Defence

Intro music
Mike Mullen BMI
www.positrosmic.com