Aircraft crew multipurpose, unitary backpack for bailout and survival

A backpack for a wearer in an aircraft, said wearer having shoulders, a back extending below said shoulders and buttocks below said back, said backpack comprising

• a substantially rigid unitary housing releasably storing equipment for bailing out of said wearer from said aircraft over land, water and all types of surfaces under all types of surface conditions and equipment for survival of said wearer during, upon and after descent, said equipment for bailing out of said wearer from said aircraft comprising a parachute adapted for connection to said wearer and having a harness releasably attachable to said wearer for movably carrying said housing and having said parachute affixed thereto, said housing extending along the back of said wearer from said shoulders to said buttocks, said housing having first and second compartments therein and an area of less rigid material in said housing to enable said housing to bend when said wearer bends, said first compartment having an open back and storing said parachute in said first compartmenet, flaps at said open back to releasably confine said parachute to said housing and fastening means for securing said flaps, said fastening means releasing said flaps upon emergence of said parachute from said housing, and said equipment for survival of said wearer during descent comprising an emergency oxygen system and said equipment for survival of said wearer upon and after descent comprising an inflatable life raft and raft inflating means.