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Cracking shot, I was a seat maintainer on Sea Harriers for a short while here's a little less known bits of info on Martin Baker seats, the seats are rented from MB and only bought if used, once a pilot ejects he then gets a MB tie, due to the G-forces during an ejection most military pilots are forced to fly desks after the 3rd go (on average they lose between 5-10mm in height for every shot. On a zero height zero speed seat (mk8 onwards) from pulling the seat pan handle the seat raises to 300ft and the pilot is dangling on his chute in just under 1.5 seconds, the only exception to this is if the aircraft is above 10,000ft where the pilot stays in his seat because of the oxygen bottle.
Bruce
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