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October 7, 2022: The U.S. Air Force suffered a rare ejection seat failure in June 2020 in which the seat successfully ejected but the parachute did not deploy and the pilot died on impact. The widow ...
According to an NTSB preliminary report, it’s not clear whether or why the back-seater in a Mig-23UB ejected the pair before the fighter crashed at an airshow in Michigan. Until meeting its end while ...
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All U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II fighters have returned to normal operations following a temporary grounding. The stand down was initiated due to concerns over potentially faulty cartridge ...
Once upon a time, escaping an aircraft was a tricky business. You had to unstrap yourself, fling open a heavy glass canopy, and try to wrench yourself out of a small opening without getting smacked by ...
Martin-Baker is perhaps the world’s most prolific ejection seat manufacturer. In the last five years, it has produced more than 4,000 seats for 13 manufacturers of 18 aircraft types flown in 27 ...