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We’re pleased to share that Martin-Baker will once again be exhibiting at the Annual SAFE Symposium in Mobile, AL.

Stop by our booth #108 to chat with the team about the latest in Ejection Seat Technology! 🔻

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Yesterday, a U.S Navy T-45C Goshawk crashed near Meridian Naval Air Station.

Both pilots successfully ejected using the Martin-Baker US14A (NACES) Ejection Seat.

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On Wednesday, a Pakistan Air Force FT-7PG aircraft crashed after technical malfunction near Mianwali Airport.

Both pilots successfully ejected using the Martin-Baker PK10LZ Ejection Seat.

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Yesterday, two Boeing E/A-18G Growlers collided mid-air during an airshow demonstration at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho.

All four pilots successfully ejected using the Martin-Baker US14A (NACES) Ejection Seat.

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Yesterday, a United States Air Force T-38C Talon crashed in West Alabama.

Both pilots successfully ejected using the Martin-Baker US16T Ejection Seat.

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Martin-Baker will be exhibiting at the Marine Corps Aviation Association Symposium in Dallas, TX next week ✈️

Join us to connect with the community and continue to support aircrew safety!

#MCAA #MarineAviation #MartinBaker #EngineeringForLife

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Chris Lyon's Story 🔻

"I joined the Royal Air Force, as a Boy Entrant, in January 1961 serving until March 1999, leaving as a Flight Sergeant.

My first experience of an Ejection Seat was in the Javelin that was in our training Hangar. Following 18 months training, there followed a succession of postings over the next 38 years. The majority of which entailed working 1st line on Squadrons. This entailed a myriad jobs of Armament nature including Before Flight/After Flight/ Turn Round Servicings and Removal and Fitment of the various marks of Martin-Baker Ejection Seats.

Starting with 90 Squadron Valiants at RAF Honnington (who were disbanded and scrapped within 2 months of me arriving. A “cross posting” to 55 Squadron Victors (who were then still Bombers) followed. Many detachments with 55/57 Sqn were topped by 3 X 3 months in Singapore. Several times per day necessitated the normal AF/BF of the Ejection Seats. Removing the Ejection Seats in the blazing sun was no fun (especially as at that time, the aircraft were painted in gloss white!!

In the following years, I was fortunate enough to have 6 tours (20 years in total) to Royal Air Force Germany (2ATAF as was initially). Each Squadron posting, 17Sqn Canberra PR7’s, 14Sqn Canberra’s B(I)8’s. In later years, Phantom FGR11 and Jaguar’s of 6/14/19 and 20 Squadrons always entailed Removal and Fitting the Ejection Seats on a regular basis (6 monthly servicing as it was then).

Canberra removal and fitment were not too bad, as were the Jaguar. But, the constant “Seat Pan Removal” on the Phantom’s were a guaranteed task on every shift due to INAS(?) problems. Seem to remember that the worst part of that job (prior to H & S intervention), entailed removing the pan by lifting it out of the cockpit and manhandling it to the ground via the wing!! Tying the connector at the rear left of the seat with cord was no easy task either!!

On one posting to RAF Leeming I was NCO I/C the Ejection Seat Bay doing 2nd line Servicing. It was during this posting that I visited your Factory with various items of the Tornado seats on a couple of occasions.

Promotions and postings followed and I ended up at 5 Site RAF Stafford where we did the 3rd line servicing on a multitude of Armament Equipment. Not least of all were many marks of Ejection Seats. I left the RAF here but returned as OC Armament as the first civilian OC.

I was lucky enough during my Service Career to have “back seat” trips in a Phantom and a Jaguar. Confident in the knowledge that I had, coincidently, fitted the Seats as part of my Squadron tasks".

Read more stories on our website: https://t.co/kcc9ArGvLz

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We’re looking forward to exhibiting at the A-6 Intruder Reunion in Dallas, TX next week 🔻

Meet the team as we celebrate the aircraft’s legacy and our long-standing role in supporting aircrew safety.

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We’re pleased to share a progress update on the design of our elephant, part of the Trunks Across the Thames trail for @thameshospice that we’re proud to be supporting.

We’re looking forward to seeing our elephant join the rest of the herd! 🔻🐘

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Our Martin-Baker America team are excited to be exhibiting at AAAA Summit in Nashville, TN next week!

Join them at booth #148 to learn more about our industry-leading crashworthy seating solutions, designed to enhance crew survivability and mission success 🚁

We look forward to connecting with you there.

#QuadA #AviationSafety #Crashworthy #MartinBaker #EngineeringForLife

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On March 31st 2026, a United States Air Force F-35A Lightning II crashed during a routine training mission over the Nevada Test and Training Range north of Nellis AFB.

The pilot successfully ejected using the Martin-Baker US16E Ejection Seat.

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We’re excited to be attending & exhibiting at BEDEX show in Brussels, Belgium for the first time next week 🔻

On display will be out US16E seat for the F-35 aircraft, so please come and visit our booth Hall 11 #11108 to chat to the team and learn more about the latest in Escape System Technology!

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We’re heading to Verticon in Atlanta, GA next week 🚁

Come and meet both the Martin-Baker UK and US teams at Booth #B6902 to explore and find out more about our vast crashworthy seating portfolio across rotary and fixed wing platforms!

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We’re exhibiting at SAFE Europe in Glasgow next week 🔻

We’re looking forward to connecting, networking, and discussing the latest in Escape System Technology. See you there!

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Meet Girishbhai – one of our Assembly Operatives 🔻

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Martin-Baker are exhibiting at AFA Warfare Symposium next week in Aurora, CO 🔻

Visit us at Booth 1334 to see the US16E seat up close and speak with our team about the latest in escape system technology!

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🔻🐘Martin-Baker joins the herd: Selecting our design for the ‘Trunks across the Thames’ Art Trail

Martin-Baker is delighted to announce its participation in the upcoming ‘Trunks across the Thames’ art trail, organised by Thames Hospice.

https://t.co/hgjuYORDK1

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Fl. Lt. Cliff Robinson 🔻

As leader of a four-ship formation, reforming after a ‘dummy’ attack by a bounce-aircraft (Hawk), my Hunter started to judder. Flying at 420 knots, at altitude of 250′ above the ground, I noticed a lack of response from the Hunter’s control column. Now in a nose-down attitude, I had but one choice; eject!

In nano-seconds I was hurled upwards out of the aircraft, then found myself dangling under my parachute. At such a low altitude, the ‘ride’ to the ground was swift, so swift I was now entering the orange fireball of what had been, my aircraft.

In total fear, I closed my eyes. My next memory is that of my feet brushing along the ground; I’d survived.

Resisting the temptation to stand up-right, and put pressure on my back, I rolled clear of the flames onto an unburned patch of moorland. Releasing my parachute harness and Personal Equipment Connector, I focused on activating the Locator Beacon. Gazing skyward, I could see someone from my formation circling above. Rather strangely, around this time, I heard a voice close-by inquiring as to my well-being. On giving him a positive reply, the man casually walked-off across the mountainside, never to be seen again.

After what seemed like an age, 45 minutes is recorded in the official report, I heard the reassuring sound of a Sea King rescue helicopter. Next followed my second near-death experience of the day; while being winched into the helicopter, the stretcher on which I was now lying, suddenly shifted, nearly hurling me earth-ward for the second time! I remember little of the flight to Withybush hospital, only the relief of being back in the land of the living.

For more ejection stories, click here 👉https://t.co/LnGywoJBLk

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Join us at the Singapore Airshow!

📍 Booth A-C06, Singapore Pavilion
🛫 US18E ejection seat for the F-16

Proud to support aircrew safety worldwide 🔻

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