Some variants were parachute-retarded and featured a ribbon parachute.
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The wing was airbrakes it used a tail ribbon parachute.
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Each of the diameter, 20-degree conical ribbon parachutes have a design load of approximately and each weighs approximately.
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Despite the cramped quarters, a pilot was provided with a cordite ejection seat, bail-out oxygen bottle and high-speed ribbon parachute.
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As the nose section separates, it was intended to briefly pull on two cables that release a small ribbon parachute stored on the starboard side of the rear fuselage.
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Some versions of the B57 were equipped with a parachute retarder ( a 3.8 m / 12.5 ft diameter nylon / kevlar ribbon parachute ) to slow the weapon's descent, allowing the aircraft to escape the blast ( or to allow the weapon to survive impact with the ground in laydown mode ) at altitudes as low as 15 m ( 50 ft ).
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