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In aircraft, an ejection seat or ejector seat is a system designed to rescue the pilot or other crew of an aircraft (usually military) in an emergency. In most designs, the seat is propelled out of the aircraft by an explosive charge or rocket motor, carrying the pilot with it. The concept of an ejectable escape crew capsule has also been tried ...
Martin-Baker Mk.10. Mk.10. Martin-Baker Mk.10LE on display at the Royal Air Force Museum London. The Martin-Baker Mk.10 is a British rocket-assisted ejection seat designed and built by Martin-Baker. Introduced in the 1970s, the zero-zero capable Mk.10 has been installed in many combat aircraft types. A lightweight version is known as the Mk.10L.
ACES II is an ejection seat system manufactured by the Collins Aerospace division of Raytheon Technologies (RTX). ACES is an acronym for Advanced Concept Ejection Seat. It is used in Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle, General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon, Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk ...
Martin-Baker Mk.6. Mk.6. Martin-Baker Mk.6 on display at the South African Air Force Museum. The Martin-Baker Mk.6 is a British rocket-assisted ejection seat designed and built by Martin-Baker. Introduced in the 1960s, the Mk.6 has been installed in combat and training aircraft worldwide.
The Mk.4 seat was designed as an improved, lightweight version of earlier Martin-Baker seats for installation in a range of lighter, smaller aircraft types. [2] Improvements included a single combined seat and parachute quick release fastener (QRF) and a snubber mechanism to allow crews to lean forward without loosening the harness. [ 2 ]
Martin-Baker Mk.9. Martin-Baker Mk.9 on display at the Solent Sky aviation museum. The Martin-Baker Mk.9 is a British rocket-assisted ejection seat designed and built by Martin-Baker. Introduced in the late-1960s, the zero-zero capable Mk.9 has been installed in several European combat aircraft types and was also used in experimental aircraft.
The Mk.5 ejection seat has been installed in the following aircraft types: List from Martin-Baker.[2] Dassault Mirage III. Douglas F4D Skyray. Hawker P.1121 (intended application) Grumman A-6 Intruder. Grumman F-11 Tiger. Grumman OV-1 Mohawk - technically, this A/C used a MK-5B. The most notable difference was a single handle over-head actuator.
Martin-Baker Mk.2. Mk.2. Martin-Baker Mk.2 on display at the Midland Air Museum. The Martin-Baker Mk.2 is a British ejection seat designed and built by Martin-Baker. Introduced in the early 1950s, the Mk.2 was developed from the Martin-Baker Mk.1, the main improvement being automatic seat separation and parachute deployment.