Sir James Martin CBE DSc CEng FIMechE FRAeS (11 September 1893 – 5 January 1981) was a British engineer and together with Captain Valentine Baker the founder of the Martin-Baker aircraft company which is now a leading producer of aircraft ejection seats.

[edit] Life

James Martin was born in Crossgar, County Down in Ulster. He established his own engineering firm in 1929.^[1]

In 1934, he and Valentine Baker formed Martin-Baker; Captain Baker took the test pilot role. It was in crash of their third design the MB-3 that Baker was killed.

[edit] Notes and References

• http://www.martin-baker.com/Sub-Navigation/History/Sir-James-Martin.aspx