Ejection Tie Club

Here at Martin-Baker, we run an exclusive club that unifies all pilots whose lives we’ve helped save: life membership of the Ejection Tie Club is confined solely to those who have emergency ejected from an aircraft using a Martin-Baker ejection seat, which has thereby saved their life.

To search our collection of Ejectee testimonials please enter information in the below search bar. If you have an Ejection story of your own that you’d like to share with us to be shown on this page, please forward to information@martin-baker.co.uk.

Tie Club Memorabilia

Exclusive MB Bremont Watch

#4083

LCDR Anthony L. Cook

The first pilot to be accepted into the Club was an RAF serviceman who ejected over what was then Rhodesia in January 1957. Since then, the Club has over 6,000 registered members.

The primary objective of the Club is to provide a distinctive tie to be worn with civilian clothing which provides a visible sign of the members' common bond. Every Club member is given a certificate, membership card, patch, tie, pin or a brooch for the women. All Tie Club memorabilia depicts a red triangle warning sign, the recognised international danger symbol for an ejection seat.

The Ejection Tie Club was founded by Sir James Martin and is now run by Andrew Martin, the grandson of Sir James.

Ejection Stories

No matter the decade, aircraft or air force, each and every one of the Club’s members have an incredible and heartwarming story to tell - we’re lucky enough to host a collection below.

Rob Shand, Ejectee #5578

“I ejected from a Harrier GR7a following a total engine failure whilst in the circuit at RAF Cottesmore in June, 2008. I think you always just trust that the seat you have spent thousands of hours sitting on will just ‘work’ when you need it – and work it did. But of course the story…

Jerry Cox, Ejectee #2212

“On May 26, 1973, my WSO and I departed Ubon Air Base, Thailand, in an F-4D for a bombing sortie in Cambodia. I took four hits. One round blew the nose off. Second round came up into my front cockpit. Third round hit between the engines and the fourth round took off one of the…

Bill Thaler, Ejectee #5850

“On 21 Nov, 1983, I was involved in a mid-air collision with another F4E while stationed at George AFB, CA. We collided at approximately 1500′ AGL. My Phantom was cut into two pieces and exploded. My seat worked flawlessly, and I owe my life to your product. Believe me when I say I am a…

Linda Maloney, Ejectee #4346

“I am extremely grateful to Martin-Baker for that A-6 seat that worked when I needed it and that I successfully survived my ejection, which has given me the opportunity to finish my Navy career, write a book and have a family, which is really the best thing I’ve done in my life!”

Jon Willem Vanbragt, Ejectee #5442

“On January 29, 2005, I was making my first night trap in the fleet onboard USS Kitty Hawk as a brand new “nugget” pilot in a F/A-18F Super Hornet. On the trap, the #3 arresting cable parted and I felt the jet buck forward and accelerate as I saw the lights of the edge of…

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