and usually a life raft in case the plane goes down over water. In the Western world, the most famous ejection seat manufacturer is Martin-Baker, which maintains an exclusive club of pilots who ...

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 ...

When a plane goes down, an ejection seat keeps pilots from going down with it. Ejecting from an ejection seat is not something a pilot wants to do, but it is something they have to do in case of ...