MARTIN-BAKER is not a company one would expect to read about in ABTN,
after all who in commercial aviation is interested in emergency seats,
but MB does get an honourable mention today (Monday 24 July). It was
on this day exactly 60 years ago that Bernard Lynch made the first
ever high-speed escape from a jet aircraft, leaving a two-seat Meteor
at 320mph and landing safely. He was to go on to make over 30
successful controlled escapes. As they say the rest is history, to
date 7,157 pilots having their lives saved by the remarkable series of
MB seats.
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