RE: Knowledge Quiz for Warbird wiz
jharkin got it.
Rascher was the "person" involved with the entire theory of high altitude ejection seats. Unfortunately without his "research" we would not have the knowledge we have today of the impacts of both high altitude exposure and extreme cold, as horrible as it is. Funny thing is, Rascher was actually killed by the Nazi's themselves... even after telling Himmler it was better to just kill the "test subjects" they were using rather "pardoning" them to life imprisionment with hard labor.
It also seems that most people don't know what the first production aircraft with an ejection seat was... it was the He 219. The He 162 featured a explosive charge ejection seat vs. the previously used compressed air. The F-102 was actually the first aircraft to be fitted with a rocket powered ejection seat, and its younger brother the F-106 was the first aircraft to feature a Zero-Zero ejection seat.