MALTA0666
Photograph MALTA0666 Period 1950-1959An RAF instructor straps Flying Officer Les Reading of Cunderdin, WA into a Martin-Baker ejector seat trainer that fits into a dummy Meteor cockpit. Watching are fellow pilots from 78 Fighter Wing RA
MALTA0665 Accession Number: MALTA0665
Description
Pilots of 78 Fighter Wing RAAF watch while fellow pilot Flying Officer Les Reading DFC of Cunderdin, WA is strapped into a Martin-Baker ejector seat in a dummy Meteor cockpit. The pilots went to an RAF station in Suffolk to try the safety device, which was becoming standard equipment in modern aircraft. The practice mechanism, with only half the charge of the real thing, threw the pilot 30 feet up a ramp; the seat was then manually lowered for the next occupant. A detachment from the Wing was in England to take part in the RAF Royal Review air pageant. Identified Australians left to right: Flight Lieutenant Geoff Thornton DFM, AFM of Mildura, Vic; Pilot Officer (PO) Vic Oborn DFM of Mont Albert, Vic; Flying Officer Brian Nicolls DFM of Goulburn, NSW; PO Keith Meggs DFM of Preston, Vic; PO Barry Weymouth of Essendon, Vic; and PO Cecil Sly DFM of Brisbane, Qld.
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Accession Number
MALTA0665
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Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film original negative 3x4" safety base
Date Made
July 1953
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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