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 ...

Astonishingly, the A-3 was not equipped with ejection seats, leading Navy service members to joke morbidly that the A-3D ...

The Air Force also ruled out ejection seat-equipped aircraft for pregnant pilots and aircrew but extended the window for ...

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 ...

Howard Hasbrook volunteers for a demonstration of a scaled-down version of Lieutenant Colonel John Stapp’s rocket sled set up in the hangar at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics ...

In addition to its unusual air intake, the F-107 featured other unusual features: namely, an all-moving vertical stabilizer, ...

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 ...

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

Female veterans in Congress are calling on Pete Hegseth to answer for a reversal of a policy that allowed female pilots to ...