What if I told you that one of America’s most successful naval jets didn’t have ejection seats? Instead, if things went wrong, the crew had to crawl through a tunnel and exit the aircraft from its belly — directly between two running jet engines. In this video, we’ll take a closer look at the Douglas F3D Skyknight and one of the strangest emergency escape systems ever installed in a military aircraft. Why did Douglas engineers reject ejection seats? How did the tunnel actually work? And why did the U.S. Navy trust this bizarre solution for decades? Featuring original 3D animations and technical breakdowns.

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