Tour Guide Talks, Intrepid Museum’s bite sized video tour series, continues with Senior Tour Guide, Michael Miscione and the basic anatomy of an ejection seat.
This video features a Martin-Baker ejection seat. Introduced in conjunction with the start of the jet age (right after World War II) ejection seats offered pilots an added level of safety in the event of an emergency. Learn more about this high-propulsion escape route, here:
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