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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.
Pages in category "Martin-Baker ejection seats" ... Martin-Baker Mk.9; Martin-Baker Mk.10 This page was last edited on 21 May 2024, at 13:44 (UTC). Text ...
Gloster Meteor WA638, owned by Martin-Baker and used for ejection seat tests Meteor WL419 is also used for ejection seat tests Martin-Baker Ejection seat MK.GT5 in the Republic RF-84F Thunderflash 1961–1976. Martin-Baker investigated ejection seats from 1934 onwards, several years before Germany and Sweden proposed similar systems in 1938.
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. Martin-Baker claimed in 2022 that since the first live ejection test in 1945, [3] a total of 7,674 lives have been saved by the company's ejection seats. [4] Martin-Baker also manufactures ...
Martin-Baker ejection seats (10 P) Pages in category "Ejection seats" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
Martin-Baker Mk.8 is the designation given to two distinct British ejection seat types designed and built by Martin-Baker.The original use applies to a seat developed for the cancelled BAC TSR-2 strike aircraft project of the 1960s, re-use of the designation applies to a lightweight version of the Martin-Baker Mk.10 seat for the Short Tucano and other similar military training aircraft.
Martin Baker added a secondary handle in the front of the seat to allow ejection even when pilots weren't able to reach upwards because of high g-force. Later (e.g. in Martin Baker's MK9) the top handle was discarded because the lower handle had proven easier to operate and the technology of helmets had advanced to also protect from the air blast.
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