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.
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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.
Two former US Navy aviators toasted the 40th anniversary of their ejection from an F-14 Tomcat, with the assistance of Yanks Air Museum and the Zoom Internet chat application. Then-Commander William H. Switzer III was the F-14 Tomcat pilot that day, 19 December 1981, when the aircraft fell victim to an improperly set arresting gear…
Dear Sir, I am writing on behalf of my 92 year old father, Air Vice Marshall Henry Alan Merriman ret’d. He is member number #25 of the Martin-Baker Ejection Tie Club as a result of an emergency ejection from a Hunter aircraft in January 1956 using a Martin-Baker ejection seat. My father has recently completed…
We received a lovely letter sent in to Martin-Baker America by the Lavinder family about their late father CDR Carlton L. Lavinder Jr., Ejectee #2454. The impact that our life saving product has not only on the aircrew that use it but also the family that surrounds them is so powerful, and that’s really shown…
Monday April 19, 1999, around 5:15 pm, two alpha jet 1B piloted by the commander “Pat” Deschrijver and the commander “Meumeu” Meunier, collided during an aerobatic session in the sky of Beauvechain . The pilots managed to eject in time, thanks to their ejection seats, Martin-Baker MK 10. One of them was slightly injured. After…
On the 67th anniversary of my ejection and having reached my 91st birthday, I thought it was about time, on behalf of my wife, children, grandchildren and great grandchildren, that I expressed my thanks to the Martin-Baker Company for saving my life all those years ago. As you can see, much has happened since then….