The ejection seat was developed to make escaping a plane as simple as tucking yourself in and pulling a big red handle. Let’s dive in and learn how it came to be. Inventor Anastase Dragomir ...

Not content to experiment on some poor airman, he volunteered himself. The case of the ejection seat was no different.

This stunning photograph shows a pilot ejecting from a Vought F-8 Crusader, a single-engine carrier-based jet capable of ...

“At 600 mph there’s tremendous aerodynamic pressure pushing down on you,” says John Hampton, engineering manager of the Goodrich ACES II ejection seat, the model that saved the lives of the ...

But his main claim to fame was as the fearless test subject for their signature invention: the ejection seat. National Treasure: The History of the Lie Detector This British Castle Still Has a ...

But in most cases, ejection-seat technology is the difference between life and death. So, how exactly does this technology work, and what is it like to experience an ejection? Pete: It is a ...

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 ...

The Pampa III will be fitted with Russian ejection seats Argentine jet trainer manufacturer FAdeA has been banned from installing a British made ejection seat in a new version of the Pampa by the ...

Pune, Feb 28 () Mumbai-based Right Choice Aviationhas partnered with leading ejection seat manufacturer Martin-Baker Aircraft to set up an ejection seat servicing centre atChakan near Pune.

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 ...