</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Tovarish @ Jan. 24 2002,18:34)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">
<span id='postcolor'>Ejection seats in helicopters is nothing new, the U.S. Army researched the possibility back in the 70's I think. Small explosive charges would be place on the rotorblades and would be set off to jettision them and then the seat would be shot off straight up. They later abandoned the idea.