The anatomy of a modern Martin-Baker ejection seat. The core principle of an ejector seat is relatively straightforward: to propel the pilot out of the aircraft to a safe distance, where they can ...

The U.S. Air Force is changing its policies regarding pregnant pilots and their authorization to fly. The new policy ...

When a pilot pulls his ejection seat’s handle, which is located either ... are already made for the pilot before he even clears the aircraft. Manufacturers have spent decades perfecting all ...

The Air Force is rolling back policies that would allow pregnant aircrew members to fly early in their pregnancy and are ...

As part of the lessons learned by the Israeli Air Force from October 7th, the IAF has identified the need to change the ...

However, the new rules put a hard stop to all flying in planes with ejection seats at any time during their pregnancy, Riley said. Those aircraft include fighters, bombers, and trainers.

Mine was the last downward ejection from an F-104. The aircraft got a Lockheed C-2 upward ejection seat, an oil pressure warning light, and a “butt kicker” system that throws an ejecting pilot ...

This ejection seat was invented by James Martin, who was born in Crossgar, Co. Down, in 1893. In 1934 he founded the Martin-Baker aircraft manufacturing company with his friend Captain Valentine ...

Capt. John Robertson died after the ejection seat of his T-6A Texan II aircraft "activated during ground operations" Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been ...

As a tactical fighter aircraft, the F-5N accommodates a pilot only in a pressurized, heated and air conditioned cockpit and rocket-powered ejection seat while the F-5F is a two-seat combat ...