You might think at first that the chopper ejects the seats to the side ... route with its attack helicopter. When the pilot or co-pilot initiate the ejection system, explosive bolts holding ...

The case of the V-Bombers highlighted just how much ejector seats had changed military aviation. Pilots had grown to expect a high-tech escape system to evacuate their aircraft in a crisis.

This article investigates Britain's first jet fighter. Also, a member of an RAF unit that worked on the Meteor tells about a ...

Ahead of its time in performance and design, the Lockheed AH-56 seemed like a promising attack helicopter for the United ...

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 ...

When a plane goes down, an ejection seat keeps pilots from ... rest on the hands of aircrew egress system specialists. These professionals make sure all aircraft egress systems at Beale are ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Feb. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Collins Aerospace, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, has been awarded a contract from Boeing Defense to provide 144 ACES II ® ejection seats for ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 F-15EX is the most advanced Eagle ever built, combining cutting-edge technology with a proven airframe, which makes Collins' ACES II ejection seat the perfect fit for this aircraft," said ...