A U.S. Navy aviator bails out through the cockpit floor of a Douglas F3D-1 <i>Skyknight</i> at Naval Air Facility El Centro, California (USA). Like the F3D, the Douglas A3D/A-3 <i>Skywarrior</i>, which was originally designed as a high altitude strategic bomber, never received ejection seats during its service life from 1951 to 1991.
U.S. Navy
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.navy.mil/ah_online/department_arch.html">U.S. Navy All Hands magazine</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.navy.mil/ah_online/archpdf/ah195004.pdf">April 1950</a>, p. 34.