Ejector seats are often tested on rocket sleds to verify their performance at high speeds. Credit: public domain Another critical component in an ejection seat is the personal survival pack ...

They did eventually develop aircraft ejection seats that were fired by a gun ... Stapp: They put me on the sled and went through the whole drill and countdown. That's when you began to get ...

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 ...

A US Air Force instructor has died after he was ejected from his plane while on the ground, the service said. Captain John Robertson was killed after the seat of his T-6A Texan II activated at ...