VIDEO: How Martin-Baker rises above the rest

Almost 70 years ago, a pioneering British company performed the first test of an innovation which was to transform the cockpit of the jet fighter, and has since saved the lives of thousands of pilots. Carried out on 24 July 1946, the milestone was the first in-flight use of an ejection seat. Conducted from the rear cockpit of a Gloster Meteor flying at 278kt (515km/h) and 8,000ft, the test subject was not a fighter pilot, but volunteer Bernard Lynch, who worked for Martin-Baker as a fitter.

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