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Martin-Baker Mk.7. Mk.7. Martin-Baker Mk.7A on display at the Royal Air Force Museum London. The Martin-Baker Mk.7 is a British rocket-assisted ejection seat designed and built by Martin-Baker. Introduced in the mid-1960s, the Mk.7 has been installed in combat aircraft worldwide.
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.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.
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.
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.
Martin-Baker Aircraft Company Limited is a British manufacturer of ejection seats and safety-related equipment for aviation. The company was originally an aircraft manufacturer before becoming a pioneer in the field of ejection seats. The company's headquarters are in Higher Denham, Buckinghamshire, England, with other sites in France, Italy ...
When activated the cartridge explodes and starts the ejection sequence. Ejection seats have been credited with saving pilots' lives, but they also have failed at critical moments in aircraft accidents. Investigators identified ejection seat failure as a partial cause of an F-16 crash that killed 1st Lt. David Schmitz, 32, in June 2020.
Martin-Baker Mk.1. The Martin-Baker Mk.1 is a British ejection seat designed and built by Martin-Baker. Developed in the late 1940s it was the first in the line of production Martin-Baker seats for military aircraft. Ground and air testing of earlier designs resulted in the first successful test ejection of a company employee in July 1946.