Keywords: First live US Navy ejection seat in flight in 1946.jpg Lt JG A J Furtek makes the first U S Navy live ejection in flight from Douglas JD-1 Invader on 1 November 1946 near Naval Air Station Lakehurst New Jersey USA The JD-1 was flying at a height of 1 500 m with a speed of 400 kph http //www navy mil/ah_online/department_arch html U S Navy All Hands magazine http //www navy mil/ah_online/archpdf/ah194701 pdf January 1947 p 27 1946-11-01 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Douglas A-26 Invader Ejection seat testing |