There are some older aircraft designs that saw the pilots ... When the pilot or co-pilot initiate the ejection system, explosive bolts holding the contra-rotating blades to the fuselage release ...

The case of the V-Bombers highlighted just how much ejector seats had changed military aviation. Pilots had grown to expect a high-tech escape system to evacuate their aircraft in a crisis.

Boeing Defense has awarded Collins Aerospace a contract to provide 144 Advanced Concept Ejection Seats (ACES) for U.S. Air Force F-15EX fighters. The contract, which will be performed in Colorado ...

We understand diverse aircraft transparency system integration requirements, including those for optics, durability, performance, ejection, man/machine interface ... Our customers include both ...

In 1944 the firm was approached by the Ministry of Defence and asked to investigate ejection systems for high-speed fighter aircraft, a task made all the more poignant by Captain Baker's own death ...

This article investigates Britain's first jet fighter. Also, a member of an RAF unit that worked on the Meteor tells about a ...

As a tactical fighter aircraft, the F-5N accommodates a pilot only in a pressurized, heated and air conditioned cockpit and rocket-powered ejection ... Initial Navigation System (INS), ALR-87 ...

In 1944 the firm was approached by the Ministry of Defence and asked to investigate ejection systems for high-speed fighter aircraft, a task made all the more poignant by Captain Baker's own death ...