Jet blast deflectors began to appear at airports in the 1950s.
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Blast deflectors can be used as protection from helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft propwash.
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The aircraft was quickly stopped; Pugachyov later took off without the use of blast deflectors or detents.
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On 13 August 2011, the F-35 successfully completed jet blast deflector ( JBD ) testing at Lakehurst.
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Jet blast deflectors are made of heavy duty material that is raised and lowered by hydraulic cylinders or linear actuators.
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Various types of blast deflectors were tried, and an additional strap iron shoulder brace was fitted to the M9 launcher.
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Aircraft carriers use jet blast deflectors at the rear of aircraft catapults, positioned to protect other aircraft from exhaust blast damage.
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Jet blast deflectors have been designed to counteract this problem by using multiple panels and various angles, and by using slotted panel surfaces.
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The launch platform damage is mostly superficial, though blast deflectors underneath the launch platform were knocked loose and were lost when they fell into the sea.
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In 2003 aboard the, a jet blast deflector is raised hydraulically to protect one F / A-18 Hornet from the jet exhaust of another.