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

#4416

John Peters

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.

Steve Gyles, Ejectee #2833

It has been quite a year, to say the least, for everyone but perhaps it has been more memorable for me than for many – 43 years memorable.  It has also been a time for me to consider that but for a very special ‘seat’ I may not have been here to enjoy those happy…

William R. Mnich, Ejectee #4003

As a 25 year old F-14 RIO on my first deployment aboard the USS Kitty Hawk, in the pre-dawn hours of September 7th, 1981, our aircraft was struck by a landing A-7 while taxiing on the flight deck. Seeing the situation develop but unable to move our aircraft out of the way in time, my…

Reagan Reynolds, Ejectee #6095

Thank you Martin-Baker for your superior craftsmanship and commitment to excellence, without it I would not be here today to tell my story. On May 10th 2019 I was flying my 6th training sortie in a T-45 Goshawk out of Kingsville TX. Shortly after take off, we experienced an engine failure in IMC conditions. With…

John Meier, Ejectee #6000

Thank you for the superb craftsmanship and excellence in design that has resulted in the production of your ejection seats for the United States Navy. I ejected from an EA-6B “Prowler” on December 31st, 1990 and I have the distinction of being your 6000th successful ejectee. Your product saved my life and the lives of…

John Grogan & John Plumb, Ejectee #3478

36 years ago on 18 July 1984 John Grogan (then Officer Commanding 27 Sqn RAF) and John Plumb were a Tornado crew returning to the Canadian base at Goose Bay after a demanding operational low flying sortie. John Grogan, Ejectee #3478 (pictured below): “Almost immediately before touchdown the aircraft suddenly started rocking in an uncontrolled…

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