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For ease of maintenance the Mk.10 was designed with modular assemblies, avoiding the need to remove the whole seat from the aircraft for minor servicing tasks. [1] The first successful emergency use of a Mk.10 seat involved a Red Arrows BAE Hawk on 17 May 1980 after the aircraft struck the mast of a yacht moored offshore at Brighton. [2]
8 November 2011 - XX177, a Red Arrows Hawk T.1 was going through pre-flight checks at the squadron's home base of RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire when the ejection seat initiated. The seat's main parachute did not deploy and the pilot, Flt Lt Sean Cunningham, died upon impact with the ground. [89] 2012
The British Aerospace Hawk T1A is a modified Hawk T1, [107] intended to replace the Hawker Hunter in the RAF's Tactical Weapons Units. A total of 89 aircraft were converted to carry two underwing AIM-9L Sidewinder air-to-air missiles and a centreline Aden gun pod. [ 7 ]
The incident led to a grounding of many aircraft that the Royal Air Force were operating at that time, including all variants of the Hawk aircraft. The Martin-Baker ejection seat used [13] was also fitted to other aircraft besides the Hawk, though many were cleared as being fit to fly in the days after the event. [11]
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A Hawk T1, XX251 with the RAF Red Arrows hit the ground during a practice opposition loop maneuver by the synchro pair at Akrotiri, Cyprus. The impact forced the ejection seat through the canopy and deployed the chute, dragging the pilot out. The aircraft broke up and caught fire. The pilot survived. [138] 24 March
The He 280 was never put into production status. The first operational type built anywhere to provide ejection seats for the crew was the Heinkel He 219 Uhu night fighter in 1942. In Sweden, a version using compressed air was tested in 1941. A gunpowder ejection seat was developed by Bofors and tested in 1943 for the Saab 21.
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