newVideoPlayer("/russian-ejection-seats_gizmodo.flv", 506, 423,""); This two-seat Sukhoi Su-24 combat aircraft crashed in a fiery ball of hell in an Iranian airfield last week. Nothing special about that, except that—amazingly enough—the pilots ejected safely after the crash.
From lighting strikes, to Mentos explosions, the bottom line is that everything is cooler in slow motion. In this case OObject has collected 10 ejection seat tests that are enjoyable to watch at any speed—but in slo-mo its like watching a nerdy ballet of planes, fire and rockets. [OObject]
