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.
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…
On March 15th 2015, I was saved by Martin-Baker. During a practice session in conjunction with the 2015 Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace (LIMA ’15) we suffered a mid-air collision. Jupiter 5 Piloted by Sri Raharjo and Arief Hartono collided with Jupiter 6 Piloted by H. S. Romas (me) and Yadi Indrayadi. All 4 of…
I had the privilege of a successful ejection from a Kiran HJT-16 fighter trainer aircraft on 04 Nov 1996 during a routine training sortie. It was my first sector solo and after an instrument failure, I lost all communication with the air traffic control and was locally lost. When I was close to 40lbs fuel…
