Martin-Baker is perhaps the world’s most prolific ejection seat manufacturer. In the last five years, it has produced more than 4,000 seats for 13 manufacturers of 18 aircraft types flown in 27 ...

Most people think a powerless helicopter drops straight out of the sky. In reality, it autorotates—using free-spinning blades that act like a giant air brake, much like a maple seed. This breakdown ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — The crash of an F-35B ...

A trainer spirals into a death spin. The instructor knows the seat is a first-generation model with poor low-altitude performance. He also knows that delaying will kill his student. He pulls the ...

Boeing has reached three milestones in the development of its delayed T-7A advanced jet trainer programme, including progress with the aircraft’s ejection seat and flight-control laws. In February, ...