Name: The Ejection Seat and Rolex that made aviation history
Uploaded: 2026-02-25T19:09:31.000Z
Duration: 10 min 50 s
Description: This it the story of when a gold Rolex was given to the first ever real world use of an ejection seat back in 1949. First Ejection The first live, non-test ejection took place on 30th May 1949 by Jo Lancaster. Jo was flying an Armstrong Whitworth AW52 aircraft and was forced to eject using a pre-Mk1 Martin Baker ejection seat over Southam, Warwickshire.

This it the story of when a gold Rolex was given to the first ever real world use of an ejection seat back in 1949. First Ejection The first live, non-test ejection took place on 30th May 1949 by Jo Lancaster. Jo was flying an Armstrong Whitworth AW52 aircraft and was forced to eject using a pre-Mk1 Martin Baker ejection seat over Southam, Warwickshire.