Month: August 2022

Hundreds Of Military Aircraft Grounded After Potential Defects Found In Martin Baker Ejection Seats

[ad_1] The F-35’s Mk16/US16E ejection seat during testing. (Photo: Martin Baker) The company found that some production lots of the Cartridge Actuated Devices used in the ejection seats might be defective and therefore needs to be replaced. Hundreds of military aircraft around the world have been grounded after ejection seat manufacturer Martin Baker discovered a …

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Starfighter Pilot Narrates Full ‘Black Beauty’ Test Flight Out Of KSC In This Must Watch Video

[ad_1] A screenshot from the video of the TF-104G-M of Starfighters Aerospace during the July 2022 maintenance flight from KSC. This is probably the most interesting and detailed cockpit video with audio ever shot in an F-104 Starfighter: from start-up to landing and shut down at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Piercarlo “Capone” Ciacchi is …

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