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James Collingwood Burdett Tinling -LRB- 24 March 1900 -- 1983 -RRB- was an ex-RAF officer who joined with Rolf Dudley-Williams and Frank Whittle in 1936 to set up Power Jets Ltd , which manufactured the world 's first working jet engine .. RAF. RAF. Rolf Dudley-Williams. Sir Rolf Dudley-Williams, 1st Baronet. Frank Whittle. Frank Whittle. jet engine. jet engine. Power Jets. Power Jets. Tinling was born in Eastbourne , the son of James Alexander Tinling , a chartered accountant .. Eastbourne. Eastbourne. chartered accountant. chartered accountant. He was educated at St Cyprian 's School and Radley College .. Radley College. Radley College. Tinling joined the Royal Air Force , but was invalided out following a flying accident in the early 1930s .. Royal Air Force. Royal Air Force. He joined Dudley-Williams and Whittle in 1936 to develop Whittle 's expired patent for a jet engine .. jet engine. jet engine. Tinling , Whittle and Dudley-Williams shared 49 % of the new company , with 51 % held by the investment bankers OT Falk and Partners , which also provided loan finance .. The company , Power Jets , was based at a factory in Rugby , Warwickshire belonging to British Thomson-Houston , a steam turbine company .. Power Jets. Power Jets. British Thomson-Houston. British Thomson-Houston. steam turbine. steam turbine. The prototype jet engine was first run on 12 April 1937 .. jet engine. jet engine. Tinling married Eileen Nancy Edols on 22 December 1939 , at St George 's , Hanover Square .. He became chairman of Power Jets in 1941 , replacing Lance Whyte , and its prototype Gloster E28 / 39 first flew on 15 May 1941 .. Power Jets. Power Jets. Lance Whyte. Lance Whyte. Gloster E28 / 39. Gloster E28 / 39. Power Jets Ltd. was later bought by the British government , and Tinling remained on the board .. Power Jets. Power Jets. Tinling died in late 1983 in Kent , survived by his wife .. They are both buried in Benenden .. Benenden. Benenden. He was the brother of Ted Tinling the sports fashion designer .. Ted Tinling. Ted Tinling