Niki Posted October 2, 2015 Share #1 Posted October 2, 2015 I found this harnes from Martin-Baker with german discriptions on it. Can anybody recognize this or have experience with this as a US version of the harness? They told me that its for a luftwaffe F-104 starfighter pilot??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northcoastaero Posted October 6, 2015 Share #2 Posted October 6, 2015 Is there a date of manufacture on the harness? Could be for Mark 5 or Mark 7 non U.S. Martin-Baker configured seat. I will have to take a look at my MBEU Mark 5 manual to see if there is a harness to seat cross reference chart. I believe that this type of harness stays with the seat and is not worn to and from the aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueBookGuy Posted October 11, 2015 Share #3 Posted October 11, 2015 The typical so-called "combined" harness for Martin-Baker seats being meant for European use - Not sure 100% for what airplane, could be in this instance for Italian-made G-91 fighter-bombers (each country would then have made its own sub-variant of minor items). What is certain, nothing to do with any US-made versions of the harness, moreover not even existing so configured as for its basic concept. The very few US planes utilizing Martin-Baker seats, have always relied on a risers system wich calls for a personal pilot's harness ("torso harness") being worn out of the cockpit - not different from those for U.S.-made ACES seats. Aviators sitting on M.B. seats intended for European models (F-104G & S, all the Mirages, Tornadoes, Lightnings, British F-4, Buccaneer, G-91, Jaguars, etc.) do not wear this harness out of the cockpit. In this, similar to the Russian PSU-36 "combined" harness for the KM-1M seats of MiG-21, -23, -25, -29, Su-27 etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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