Martin Baker Tie Club.
 

I am a member of this unique club and am wondering who else out there is also.

I am sure a lot of good stories could be shared amongst us. Members please check in.

I remind everyone of an excerpt from Martin Baker:

"Life membership of the Martin-Baker Tie Club is confined solely to persons who have ejected from an aircraft in an emergency using a Martin-Baker designed ejection seat, and thereby saved their life."

LM

And I'm sure that the rest of us would dearly love to hear them! :ok:

If people do, then you sure will. :)

This hangs in my hallway - details on the inscription have been removed for obvious reasons:

http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/u...9/IMG_1338.jpg

Check this out:
EJECTION STORIES

I've got one of those too LM. Mine is nicely mounted with the firing cartridges for use as a pen holder! Very inventive those nice chaps in the seat bay!!

Hello Newt.

Yes I know you have. Chunky has 2 (within five weeks of each other) and Willie has 3 doesn't he?

LM ;)

I am the owner/compiler/eejit who is responsible for the ejection site where the stories above appear ejection seat website. and have on a number of occasions asked for contributions to the stories page. So come on guys (and gals)- get in touch!

Guess you ejected from Jaguar LM???- so do tell the tale?:8
:ok:

jimgriff,

Yes it was a Jaguar. I suspect that you might have contacted me before and that I forgot all about it. We'll have to sort that.

LM

jimgriff

Why should we give you the stories?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...s/DSCN1371.jpg

Look what fell off the back of a *******:)

Must have that garage sale sometime......

"Look what fell off the back of a *******"

Lightning?

Well my "yellow and black" is still at the bottom of the North Sea, though thanks to a trawler I've got a few bits of the aircraft..........

Oh come on Newt! Why keep the stories to yourself? Some of them make for a very interesting read!
Pretty Please????

BOAC- That seat (Mk9b) (early Jag) has certainly seen better days- Garage sale- No Please dont - donate it to a good cause for display- Please (again!!)

Come on then Lightning Mate, your thread, set the ball rolling?:)

Well,

You see it was like this:

bugger, Mrs. LM is calling for help in the kitchen.

Hey wiggi,

Wot was your jet then, and when?

jimgriff,

Methinks your seat ID may be wrong. I don't think that BOAC was a Jaguar mate. He was a LIGHTNING MATE.

Now then, you have to be really s**t hot to have flown both......ask Newt.

Also ask Wholigan. Him only fly low performance kit. Where are you Wholi, the lurking Mod? How shelf stacking going?

LM :confused:

The seat in the pic is deffo a Type 9 as used in early jags- without seeing the seat pan - there is a possiblilty that it could be an early Harrier seat (which also used a Type 9 (Mk2) seat but different rocket pack and other mods. - later seats had the headbox /main chute container mod on the jag.
The lightning had a Type 4 Mk2BSB(C) seat in it which is totally different in configeration and design.:8

I have both types in my personal collection.:zzz:

Come on guys - give us the full sp - I know some of us are anoraks:8 but at least speaking for myself I'm certified as such:}

LM
 

Twas this one ( Sorry, looks like I've really stuffed up the link but at least it works :bored::):

http://http://docs.google.com/gview?a=v&q=cache:Q-l9PL-GI0YJ:www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/955FD030-3C3E-4D4D-988F-7C770F954E2F/0/maas80_01_phantom_fgr2_xv414_09dec80.pdf+uk+royal+air+force+ phantom+accidents+1980&hl=en&gl=uk&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESi9hZU-zasd1E1p7zNOkvfmhBHNMZ0S44j_fBG5hw-TyNtOO6G-r7LyNiGZX-mPUL_z9nL29avB9L5Y6WFVDD70ms7P0F-7YflQ3Ao96GGuvzkUtpW47sxtd83ffRngpcsO8M5G&sig=AFQjCNG3EFhAT4 iLwFB9lcI57kblsXgCSQ