Ejector Seats Are Amazing

Ejector seats are designed so that you can eject from a plane while it's on the ground and survive. They're amazing because, okay, let's say you were parachuting out of a regular plane and it was too low altitude. The parachute wouldn't be able to get the grip and so you would plummet and die. You actually, and this was available in the 80s, had like an auto gyroscope system in their seat. So as it pushed you out, it knew which way was up and then it could fire rocket boosters which took him in the right direction away from the ground. Everyone thought he was dead when he ejected, but then they saw him spin around