{"product_id":"eject-eject-by-john-nichol-9781398509412","title":"Eject! Eject!","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEject! Eject!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen the call is made to abandon an aircraft, it's only the beginning of the story...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling writer John Nichol, author of \u003ci\u003eSpitfire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLancaster\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTornado\u003c\/i\u003e, comes a brilliant new book that reveals the astonishing story of an invention that has saved many thousands of lives around the world, including his own: the ejection seat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNichol tells the remarkable tale of how the ejection seat was first conceived during the \u003cb\u003eSecond World War\u003c\/b\u003e as countless lives were lost in accidents and in battle. In the wake of the war, that technological race to save aircrew lives using explosive seats continued at an incredible pace. Nichol tells the story of the brave men who risked their lives testing those early devices, and interviewed the first British pilot to eject back in 1949, when ejection, from pulling the handle to being under the parachute, took thirty seconds. Today, that figure is down to around one second.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePacked with interviews with aircrew who know exactly how it feels to ‘Bang Out’ from an aircraft at high speed, both in peace and in war, the book gives the reader a vivid sense of what that life-saving experience feels like, but also features the moving accounts of what happens next, from the viewpoint of both the crews and their families, who often have little or no information about whether or not their loved ones have survived.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBecause ejecting is just the start of a journey.....\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePacked with dramatic action, incredible science and moving recollections, \u003ci\u003eEject! Eject!\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential read.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Arotahi Agency","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46654472585452,"sku":"9781398509412","price":36.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/25547973482685.jpg?v=1752461734","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/eject-eject-by-john-nichol-9781398509412","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}