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I thought they have a monopoly on ejection seats, but I've found at least 1 other manufacturer: https://www.collinsaerospace.com/what-we-do/industries/military-

I thought they have a monopoly on ejection seats, but I've found at least 1 other manufacturer: https://www.collinsaerospace.com/what-we-do/industries/military-and-defense/interiors/aces-5-next-generation-ejection-seat https://www.collinsaerospace.com/what-we-do/industries/milit... Martin Baker's website is a bit wild, you can join their "tie club", but to do so you need to have ejected using their seat: https://martin-baker.com/tie-club/ https://martin-baker.com/tie-club/ And they list the ejections they know of https://martin-baker.com/ejection-notices/ https://martin-baker.com/ejection-notices/ , but the records are a bit jumbled, the latest entries include ejections in the past that they've discovered, and they don't all have dates, even "Someone successfully ejected today". Today when, man?!

fckgw 2y ago
You can even buy a special watch with colored case that signifies you ejected from an aircraft (using a Martin-Baker Ejection Seat of course) https://martin-baker.com/watches/mb-i/ https://martin-baker.com/watches/mb-i/
- LandR 2y ago
  I collect watches, I'd love to have one of these but they are probably super rare to find second hand. Obviously I'd never be in a position to buy one from retail... There are a couple of pretty special pilot only watches. I like IWCs top gun too, the one with the real top-gun logo on only avialable to pilots that have graduated Top Gun. Available to top gun graduates: https://www.iwc.com/content/iwc/americas/us/en/articles/journal/top-gun-edition-sfti/jcr:content/par/image_112559816.img.png/1648713954065.png https://www.iwc.com/content/iwc/americas/us/en/articles/jour... The retail version: https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.watchesworld.com%2Fshop%2Fiwc-pilots-mark-xviii-top-gun-edition-sfti-41mm-110448%2F&psig=AOvVaw25pP1-fIjlYwdVL4hzCzSD&ust=1718361676626000&source=images&cd=vfe&opi=89978449&ved=0CBIQjRxqFwoTCLjRlqqy2IYDFQAAAAAdAAAAABAJ https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.watche... The people that actually get these watches don't seem to want to sell them, understandably.
netsharc 2y ago
And since these companies probably don't sell to Russia, Russia has their own manufacturer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NPP_Zvezda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NPP_Zvezda . Interestingly Collins' origin seem to be seats designed by Zvezda: https://archive.is/www.nytimes.com/1998/12/02/nyregion/metro-business-new-factory-to-use-russian-technology.html https://archive.is/www.nytimes.com/1998/12/02/nyregion/metro...
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quink 2y ago
The Collins equivalent seems to be the "Grasshopper Club": https://www.collinsaerospace.com/what-we-do/industries/military-and-defense/interiors/aces-5-next-generation-ejection-seat/grasshopper-club https://www.collinsaerospace.com/what-we-do/industries/milit... They mention the B-2 as a platform, that one was the most expensive aircraft crash in history according to Wikipedia.
Iwan-Zotow 2y ago
> found at least 1 other manufacturer that's Zvezda K-36

fckgw 2y ago

You can even buy a special watch with colored case that signifies you ejected from an aircraft (using a Martin-Baker Ejection Seat of course) https://martin-baker.com/watches/mb-i/ https://martin-baker.com/watches/mb-i/

LandR 2y ago
I collect watches, I'd love to have one of these but they are probably super rare to find second hand. Obviously I'd never be in a position to buy one from retail... There are a couple of pretty special pilot only watches. I like IWCs top gun too, the one with the real top-gun logo on only avialable to pilots that have graduated Top Gun. Available to top gun graduates: https://www.iwc.com/content/iwc/americas/us/en/articles/journal/top-gun-edition-sfti/jcr:content/par/image_112559816.img.png/1648713954065.png https://www.iwc.com/content/iwc/americas/us/en/articles/jour... The retail version: https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.watchesworld.com%2Fshop%2Fiwc-pilots-mark-xviii-top-gun-edition-sfti-41mm-110448%2F&psig=AOvVaw25pP1-fIjlYwdVL4hzCzSD&ust=1718361676626000&source=images&cd=vfe&opi=89978449&ved=0CBIQjRxqFwoTCLjRlqqy2IYDFQAAAAAdAAAAABAJ https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.watche... The people that actually get these watches don't seem to want to sell them, understandably.

netsharc 2y ago

And since these companies probably don't sell to Russia, Russia has their own manufacturer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NPP_Zvezda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NPP_Zvezda . Interestingly Collins' origin seem to be seats designed by Zvezda: https://archive.is/www.nytimes.com/1998/12/02/nyregion/metro-business-new-factory-to-use-russian-technology.html https://archive.is/www.nytimes.com/1998/12/02/nyregion/metro...

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quink 2y ago

The Collins equivalent seems to be the "Grasshopper Club": https://www.collinsaerospace.com/what-we-do/industries/military-and-defense/interiors/aces-5-next-generation-ejection-seat/grasshopper-club https://www.collinsaerospace.com/what-we-do/industries/milit... They mention the B-2 as a platform, that one was the most expensive aircraft crash in history according to Wikipedia.

Iwan-Zotow 2y ago

> found at least 1 other manufacturer that's Zvezda K-36