Following an intensive period of testing and research his ejection seat went into production in the late 1940s. The first life saved was that of test pilot John Lancaster, in 1949. Since then over ...

A concept more akin to the modern idea of an ejection seat was later pioneered by Romanian Anastase Dragomir towards the end of the 1920s. He was able to test his idea of a “catapulted cabin ...

Argentine jet trainer manufacturer FAdeA has been banned from installing a British made ejection seat in a new version ... and expects to start a 200-hour flight test program soon.

A US Air Force instructor has died after he was ejected from his plane while on the ground, the service said. Captain John Robertson was killed after the seat of his T-6A Texan II activated at ...

Since their acquisition in 2019, these jets have been grounded due to the British veto on the supply of essential ejection ... seat cartridge tester. The development of this divice is the be able ...

Despite the accident, the pilot’s life was saved thanks to the remarkable technology of the UK based Martin-Baker IN16G Seat, which facilitated a successful ejection. Soon after the news of the ...