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Ali_Baba said:
I am pleasently surprised to see the FT-7 had martin baker ejection seats!!

I am hoping that both pilots did not pick up any long last injuries and can return to flying soon - esp. the cadet pilot who was just starting his career as a fighter pilot.
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most of our jets have them
only j10 doesnt iirc
 
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so in this video they added swarm drone and mother drone like something. its new for me
 
AeronautIR said:
There can be many reasons for that. Last year, a Mirage DP crashed and OC Flying wing (Gp Capt) and the student pilot ejected. If you watch that video, you will see that the OC may never fly again.
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Do you know what is wrapped around his left arm. I have a feeling he might have pretty severe 2nd or 3rd degree burns as a result of the ejection.

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Pakistan, Turkiye deepen defence, aerospace cooperation during air chief marshal’s visit: ISPR​


Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu meets Turkish air force chief, defence minister, Baykar Technologies CTO

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May 22, 2026

air chief marshal zaheer ahmed baber sidhu meets with commander turkish air force general ziya cemal kadioglu photo ispr


Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu meets with Commander Turkish Air Force General Ziya Cemal Kadioglu. PHOTO: ISPR

Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu held high-level meetings with Turkish Air Force Commander General Ziya Cemal Kadıoglu, Defence Minister Yasar Guler, and Baykar Technologies Chief Technology Officer Selcuk Bayraktar during an official visit to the Republic of Turkiye, the military's media wing reported on Friday.


According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the visit reaffirmed the growing strategic convergence and shared commitment of both nations towards enhanced collaboration in defence, aerospace innovation and emerging technologies

Sidhu received a Guard of Honour at the Turkish Air Force Headquarters and discussed enhancing interoperability through joint exercises, training programmes, and professional exchanges, the statement said. The Turkish air chief appreciated the Pakistan Air Force’s support in training Turkish pilots, it added.

The ISPR further stated that during his meeting with the Turkish defence minister, both sides reaffirmed the strong historical and strategic ties between Pakistan and Turkiye, while exploring deeper cooperation in training, capacity building, and aerospace collaboration.

Meanwhile, in his interaction with Baykar Technologies CTO Bayraktar, Air Chief Marshal Sidhu focused on advancements in aerospace innovation, unmanned aerial systems and emerging technologies, reflecting the shared vision of both sides to pursue greater collaboration in next-generation defence technologies, ISPR added.
 
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【One Pakistani astronaut to serve as payload specialist for short-term mission】According to a press conference on the Shenzhou-23 crewed flight mission: On this year’s Space Day, two Pakistani astronauts entered the China Astronaut Research and Training Center to undergo mission training alongside Chinese astronauts. As planned, one Pakistani astronaut will serve as a payload specialist on a short-term flight mission and is currently following the training program, conducting basic training and professional space technology training, with a focus on practical operational skills. In the initial phase of joining the team, foreign astronauts will receive concentrated Chinese language instruction to strengthen their Chinese proficiency, master basic Chinese knowledge, and learn relevant command terminology required for flight missions.
 
GriffinsRule said:
Do you know what is wrapped around his left arm. I have a feeling he might have pretty severe 2nd or 3rd degree burns as a result of the ejection.

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I am not sure but maybe your guess about burns is right. Any doctor here can guide us better about it being a support for the arm or burn guaze.
 
Reichmarshal said:
The problem is the chute........or to be more precise, the Circular parachutes also referred to as round canopies.
These chutes rely entirely on aerodynamic drag to slow a fall. While highly reliable for low-altitude deployments, their major drawbacks are a lack of steerability, dangerous drift with the wind, and a high risk of hard, uncontrollable landings.
The highlighted part, especially the hard landing bit, is the major cause of 90% of the injuries suffered.

On the other hand, modern, rectangular parachutes allow a pilot to perform a "landing flare," which trades forward momentum for a brief moment of upward lift to create a soft touchdown.
On the other hand, round chutes have no such capability. Unless the wind perfectly matches your trajectory, the descent is completely vertical, routinely resulting in bone-jarring or injury-inducing impacts. Resulting in permanent grounding in quite a few cases.
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You are leaving out the extremely brutal, violent ejection which on a Martin Baker 0/0 and other ejection seats is essentially being thrown out of the cockpit at 40 mph the moment one ejects with G loads exceeding 13-14Gs. Most pass-out initially. Some anecdotal recollections:

"I ejected from a Harrier, it was the usual swiss cheese but fundamentally a pilot error. The Harrier ejection seat is made by Stencel, not Martin-Baker, and is very violent. I landed in deep mud and sank to my knees. There was no PLF. X-rays determined I had some mild vertebral body compression which put me in a back brace for about 2 months. Full recovery, flew the jet again, continue to fly other aircraft to this day. It was not wonderful for my mental health, but I’m more or less functional today, depending on what day you ask my wife :)"

"My brother ejected (catastrophic engine failure and complete loss of hydraulics). He has no memory of it, one minute he was pulling the handles and the next he was lying in a field with a farmer leaning over him asking if he was OK. He was sore for a week but returned to flying status, no long-term effects."

"I luckily never had to eject in my time in fighters but several friends did. None of them felt it because the force of the ejection knocked them out. Only one got injuries because of the ejection. The one who did ejected at over 600 knots.

All flew again. Only one had career implications (the ejection was due to pilot error)."

"I didn't recall much about it, except saying EJECT EJECT EJECT and waking up three days later."

More from 3 USAF officers: https://taskandpurpose.com/tech-tactics/what-ejecting-is-really-like/
 
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