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Langford Lodge Engineering Co. Ltd., Northern Ireland
Martin-Baker's high speed rocket sled track (0-650 KEAS) is located at Langford Lodge in Northern Ireland, approximately one hour's flying time from Chalgrove or Heathrow. This NATO and U.S. Government approved 6,200 feet long sled track has been used in numerous qualification programmes including the Eurofighter Typhoon, Raytheon Texan T-6A (JPATS), Boeing JSF X-32, NASA T-38 and Panavia Tornado. Various special sled vehicles are constructed by Martin-Baker and used for development testing.
The Langford facility provides full test data retrieval and photographic coverage with all the associated engineering services necessary to support final qualification of the entire escape system for Flight Certification and Service Release. Langford Lodge has a new purpose built seat test centre which includes a large test sled working area, supporting workshops and test instrumentation/dummy preparation laboratories together with supporting customer post test meeting and conference facilities.
A hostel on the site, close to the track, provides accommodation, restaurant and recreational facilities so that the Martin-Baker and customer teams can utilize their time as efficiently as possible.
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