Jump Seat

[Mystere IV A]

Does anybody can say why service seats are so called "Jump Seats" ?

Fly High :windsock:
:pilot_2:

[Studley]

Is it because in the event of an emergency, a crewmember seated there can "jump" out of the seat and proceed to an exit to manage the evacuation process, once the aircraft has stopped?

[Mystere IV A]

Well that may apply to Jump Seats located near emergency exits, but how about the one in the cockpit ?
And Jump Seats are normally used by non-rev ....not crewmember, unless instructors or inspectors ....

Fly High :windsock:
:pilot_2:

[jetstar]

I thought that the jump seat came from the old two seat aircraft and the early days of parachutes.
Whether it be for fun or for training, to allow parachuting, a seat was strapped to the fuselage, more often than not cross wise, behind the front seats, but allowing access to the door. I guess the jump came from it being a seat to jump from! :pilot_2:

[Docent75]

No, I don't. The folding seats for paratroopers in C-47 were called jumb seats. Are the folding seats in cars and truck called jump seats too? I think they are. :confus_2:

[traveler]

I always thought it was like Jetstar says.
But my first aviation job was on a dropzone flying those crazy jumpers up like an elevator boy. :wink_2:
That’s all I heard that summer, jump, jump now, jump run, jump seat, jump altitude, jump-master, jump-plane, and para-this and para-that. (oh, by the way … do you need to eat ? but I didn’t hear that too often ! :crazy:)
They even watched that movie over and over with the song …. exactly … JUMP.

Anyway, it used to be the seat with access to the exit.
Now it’s any of those foldable, non-saleable ones.

:pilot:

[Paddles_up]

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The folding seats for paratroopers in C-47 were called jumb seats



Speaking of which....what was the door called on the C-47 that was located in front of the #1 engine? (behind the cockpit on the left hand side.)

[traveler]

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what was the door called on the C-47 that was located in front of the #1 engine?



..... Stupid ??

[Paddles_up]

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..... Stupid ??



Nooooo trav...there REALLY is a name for it!
(Hint: the name makes ya cringe)

[SFOFlyboy]

There's really a name for it? Hmmmmm SHREDDER comes to mind...

[Paddles_up]

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Hmmmmm SHREDDER comes to mind



WOW...really VERY close! :shocked:

[SFOFlyboy]

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WOW...really VERY close!



Really??? Seriously, that was just a smart ass guess!

hahahahahaha

[Paddles_up]

The name of the door that opens in front of the #1 engine on the DC3/C47 is called "the hamburger door"!