
Martin-Baker Receives Prestigious National Hall of Fame ‘Spirit of Flight’ Award
1st October 2019
(DENVER) The NAHF “Spirit of Flight” Award is presented each year to a group or an organisation for their outstanding achievements or contributions to aviation. It was copyrighted and authorised by the Board of Trustees in 1981. It was renamed in honour of Milton Caniff in 1988. In 2000, acclaimed artist Roy Grinnell created the…

Martin-Baker Wins Award from Lockheed Martin
17th September 2019
(WASHINGTON) Martin-Baker Aircraft Co., Ltd., received a prestigious award from one of the leading defence manufacturers in the world during a recent suppliers conference. Lockheed Martin presented Martin-Baker with the Supplier Award for Outstanding Warfighter Support to the Joint Strike Fighter programme as an audience of some 200 fellow suppliers watched. Kevin Hutchins, Senior Programme…

26 Martin-Baker Ejection Seats in Iconic Aerial Parade
21st August 2019
Nearly 30 Martin-Baker ejections seats will fly in four airframes conducting a joint-combined formation Thursday along the Hudson River at approximately 9:30 a.m. The Martin-Baker seats will be flown by the Royal Air Force Red Arrows in nine Hawk aircraft (twin seats), the US Navy’s Blue Angels in six F-18 jets, and two US…

The National Aviation Hall of Fame’s 2019 Spirit of Flight Award to be Presented to Martin-Baker
12th August 2019
DAYTON, OHIO, 08/12/2019 – The Board of Trustees of the National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) is pleased to announce that its coveted 2019 Spirit of Flight Award will be presented to Martin-Baker Aircraft Company Limited (MBA) during the 57th Annual Enshrinement Dinner & Ceremony to be held in Denver, Colorado at Wings Over The…

The 70th Anniversary of MB Ejectee #1
30th May 2019
Today marks the 70th Anniversary of the first life saved in a Martin-Baker ejection seat. It was on the 30th May 1949 that a young test pilot named Jo Lancaster sealed his fate as Ejectee #1, successfully ejecting during the test flight of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.52 in a pre-Mk1 seat. 70 years on, the…