Martin-Baker Ejection Seats – A talk by Tony Gaunt

 

Martin-Baker Aircraft Company Limited is a British manufacturer of ejection seats and safety-related equipment for aviation based in Denham and Chalgrove. They have supplied ejection seats for 93 air forces worldwide. Martin-Baker seats have been fitted into over 200 fixed-wing and rotary types with the most recent being the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II programme.

In 2022 that since the first live ejection test in 1945, a total of 7,674 lives have been saved by the company’s ejection seats.

Tony Gaunt from Martin-Baker gave a very interesting and thought provoking talk on the history of ejection seats as well as some of the pitfalls of designing and using the seats

 

Martin Baker still operate 2 Gloster Meteors for seat testing

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Photo Charlie Jeffreys