Canada pays 9 billion for 65 x F-35

[atg]

Holy shit.

Related question: how did the ejection seat rotate and kick him up, rather than perpendicularly out from the airplane?

I'd suspect that it was the aircraft that rotated after he ejected.

[FSTargetDrone]

Earlier, after searching and seeing nothing (nor noticing mention in this thread), I posted something about this incident in OT, so perhaps a merge is in order.

[weemadando]

Holy shit.

Related question: how did the ejection seat rotate and kick him up, rather than perpendicularly out from the airplane?

I'm pretty sure that the seats are designed to do that now - clear the plane on teh initial burst and then autocorrect their attitude.

[Kanastrous]

The last couple generations of fighter ejection seats have been the 'zero-zero' type - they sense their attitude and velocity and right themselves automatically regardless of the attitude of the aircraft at the moment of ejection. The older seats were only certified to work properly at or above a specified airspeed and altitude, hence 'zero-zero' for seats designed to operate from ground level and 0 knots, up.

The idea being to avoid the pilot doing something like ejecting himself into the ground, at low altitude.