Keywords: Pilot bails out of F3D Skyknight c1949.jpg A U S Navy aviator bails out through the cockpit floor of a Douglas F3D-1 Skyknight at Naval Air Facility El Centro California USA The Douglas A3D/A-3 Skywarrior which was originally designed as a high altitude strategic bomber never received ejection seats during its service life from 1951 to 1991 http //www navy mil/ah_online/department_arch html U S Navy All Hands magazine http //www navy mil/ah_online/archpdf/ah195004 pdf April 1950 p 34 ca 1949 U S Navy All photographs published in ALL HANDS are official U S Navy photographs unless otherwise designated PD-USGov-Military-Navy Douglas F3D Skyknight Aerospace testing |