PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Martin Baker seat record
View Single Post
Old 7th Jul 2011, 18:29
  #5 (permalink)  
Alber Ratman
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Away from home Rat
Posts: 1
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Not surprised that 10% of seats have been used.. Take the Lightning.. More than 10% of airframes were lost.. Cannot find actual numbers but it could have been as high as 25% plus.. RAF Jaguars.. 208 airframes brought and 65 lost in accidents.. Not all aircrew ejected but over half did.. The seats get used as its the last chance that Pilots have of escaping from machines that are unforgiving to errors in judgement and circumstance in the enviroment they operate in, especially low level..
Alber Ratman is offline