German STARFIGHTER Fleet with Martin-Baker Ejection Seats

In 1968, all STARFIGHTER F-104 G of the Bundeswehr were converted to fully-automatic Martin-Baker ejection seats type MkGQ7A in a combined efort of AUTOFLUG and Martin-Baker. Some 900 STARFIGHTER aircraft were converted within an enormously tight schedule that could...

The Introduction of Martin-Baker Ejection Seats in Germany

During the International Aerospace Exhibition ILA 1958 in Hannover, AUTOFLUG employee Rolf Bullwinkel ejected himself at zero altitude by means of a Martin-Baker ejection seat. Since 1958, AUTOFLUG has been performing repair and maintenance for Martin-Baker ejection...

The closeness to Sir James Martin

The friendship between Dr. med. Gerhard Sedlmayr and Sir James Martin (company founder and chief designer of Martin-Baker Aircraft Ltd., U.K.) proves to be ground breaking for further AUTOFLUG development

Move to Rellingen

In 1958, the company´s headquarters moved to Rellingen in the North-German state of Schleswig-Holstein

Reconstruction

In 1955, Dr. med. Gerhard Sedlmayr – who was the son of the company´s founder and who had a medical doctor´s degree – began to reconstruct the company in Hamburg after the Second World War