The seat design was dictated by the narrow confines of the F-104 cockpit. The need to keep the original seat rails led to the Martin-Baker seat being somewhat forward of the normal seat position so the thickness of the seat was a major concern. This was addressed by the design of a ...
going deeply into the landing gear (8 pages on the main gear alone already) 16 pages are reserved for the cockpit and computer bay of the single seater showing both ejection seat variants in detail, here's a preview of the german used MB seat: 24 pages are used to uncover the TF-10...