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Last year MBA was awarded a contract by the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) for the supply and retrofit of 69 x Mk.10 Ejection Seats into the F-7/FT-7 and K-8W Aircraft. One of the decisions that helped us win the contract was a commitment to construct a new Centre of Excellence for Aircrew safety. Although Bangladesh…

The Indian MoD has approved the purchase of 106 HTT-40 basic trainer aircraft from Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL). The new basic trainers ordered by the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be fitted with Mk.16 Ejection Seats, adding a further 212 Martin-Baker Seats to the 1,013 Seats already in service in the IAF and Indian Navy….

The first 5 Indian Air Force (IAF) Dassault Aviation Rafale aircraft left Merignac in Southwest France on 27th July and are expected to land at Ambala Air Base in India on 29th July after a brief pit-stop in the UAE. The journey from France to India is over 7,000km in total and this journey is…

Martin-Baker Australia was recently subject to a full systems audit at the Williamtown Facility in New South Wales, Australia. The audit was concluded with re-certification of ISO9001:2015 for MB Aus thanks to the dedication and hard work of the whole team. Shayne Hamilton, Quality and Safety Manager for Martin-Baker Australia, was thrilled with the results…

(Denham) Over the past 2 months, the work that’s been done and is still being done by the NHS is nothing short of heroic. Their dedication, selflessness and sense of duty has helped to save thousands of lives during this national pandemic. We have been in touch with our local parish council, Denham Community Support…

Martin-Baker Aircraft Company Limited

September 18th

"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 pilot – “Beto” Nangle (#3390) – initiated the command ejection sequence just before impact as I instinctively (and foolishly) tried to protect myself by ducking down in my seat. I could not have been in a worse body position but our GRU-7 seats worked perfectly, delivering us both unharmed to the dark ocean 60 ft below where we were later retrieved by helicopter.

Fast forward to March 20th, 1987, a sunny Friday morning at NAS Miramar in San Diego, California. Different squadron, another F-14, this time with “JR” Davis (#4004) at the controls. Shortly after takeoff we had an intense fire in an environmental system just below my seat, and within seconds experienced dense white smoke in the cockpit, a total electrical failure, and uncommanded pitch oscillations which sent the aircraft out of control. Less than three minutes after getting airborne I initiated the ejection sequence, trusting our lives to Martin-Baker. Once again, not a scratch.

Given the gift of survival beyond age 25 and then 30, I’ve had the career of my dreams, married the love of my life, gained two wonderful stepsons and daughters-in-law, and three precious grandkids. After two “saves” by Martin-Baker, to say that I’m doubly grateful does not seem adequate. Thank you for the future I nearly lost."

William R. Mnich, Ejectee #4003

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September 16th

Thank you for all your great Maintainer submissions. We've had a lot of emails with some truly fascinating stories. We'll be getting in touch with you all (if we haven't already contacted you) and will be posting out your coins in due course.

Check back on the Martin-Baker Maintainers page to see your posts as we upload them over the next few months and post them across our social media channels.

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"I married the love of my life, gained two wonderful stepsons & daughters-in-law, & three precious grandkids. After 2 “saves” by Martin-Baker, to say that I’m doubly grateful does not seem adequate. Thank you for the future I nearly lost."

Ejectee #4003

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Thank you for all your great Maintainer submissions. We've had a lot of emails with some truly fascinating stories. We'll be getting in touch with you all (if we haven't already contacted you) and will be posting out your coins in due course.

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