There are provided an actuator that can be reduced in weight as compared with a related art while alleviating an impact at an activation, a safety apparatus that ejects an ejected object, and an aerial vehicle including the safety apparatus. A safety apparatus 100 includes an actuator 1, a push-up member 15 that is pushed up in one direction by the actuator 1, an ejected object 16 that is pushed up while being supported by the push-up member 15, a bottomed cylindrical container 18, and a lid 21 that closes an opening end of the container 18. The actuator 1 includes a piston member 10, a cylinder 14 that accommodates the piston member 10 and is provided with a bore 13 through which the piston member 10 protrudes outward at the time of activation, a base 2 to which one end of the cylinder 14 is caulked and fixed and that is attached to a center of a bottom inside the container 18, and a gas generator 17 as a power source for moving the piston member 10 in the cylinder 14.

A remote control drone assembly to assist in the rescue of distressed swimmers. The drone assembly includes a flotation device that can be released over a distressed swimmer. A retractable spool assembly attached to the drone assembly includes a retrieval line having a proximate end tethered to the spool assembly. The drone assembly is constructed and arranged to be flown by an operator over a distressed swimmer. The floatation device is released for use by the distressed swimmer and the drone assembly is returned to the operator. The retractable spool is detached from the drone assembly and attached to a spool retractor. The spool retractor retrieving the floatation device together with the distressed swimmer.