James Martin (engineer)
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Sir James Martin was a British engineer who together with Captain Valentine Baker founded the Martin-Baker aircraft company, which is a leading producer of aircraft ejection seats.
Plaque commemorating Sir James Martin in his home town of Crossgar
Martin-Baker MB 3
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The Martin-Baker MB 3 was a British prototype fighter aircraft, developed from Martin-Baker’s earlier private ventures, the MB 1 and the MB 2. The design was notable for its heavy armament of six 20 m
James Martin (engineer)
…firm in 1929. In 1934, he and Valentine Baker formed Martin-Baker; Captain Baker took the test pilot role. It was in a crash of their third design, the MB 3, that Baker was killed. In 1964 Martin was awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Aero Club…
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