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Glenn Luther Martin (* 17. Januar 1886; † 5. Dezember 1955) war ein US-amerikanischer Geschäftsmann und Pilot. Martin übernahm 1908 Verkaufsstellen für Ford und Maxwell in Santa Ana.
Glenn Luther Martin (January 17, 1886 – December 5, 1955) was an early American aviation pioneer. He designed and built his own aircraft and was an active pilot, as well as an aviation record-holder. He founded an aircraft company in 1912 which through several mergers amalgamated into what is today known as
Glenn L. Martin (born Jan. 17, 1886, Macksburg, Iowa, U.S.—died Dec. 4, 1955, Baltimore, Md.) was an American airplane inventor whose bombers and flying boats played important roles in World War II.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Martin’s Pioneering Role in the Aircraft Industry. Midwestern Origins. Born in Iowa in 1886, Glenn Luther Martin grew up in Kansas, where he worked as an auto mechanic and attended a business college during his teen-age years. At the age of 19, he moved with his family to Santa Ana, California.
Glenn Luther Martin. Pilot & Inventor. Born: January 17, 1886 in Macksburg, Iowa. Death: December 5, 1955. Enshrined: 1966. Learned to fly in 1909 with a pusher-type biplane he built. Claimed to be the first to film motion pictures from an airplane.
5. Dez. 2023 · Glenn Luther Martin, born in Macksburg, Iowa in 1886, was one of the pioneer airmen of the country. An early interest in kites and gliders was enhanced by the achievements of the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk. By 1909 Glenn Martin had built a pusher-engine biplane and taught himself to fly.
GLENN LUTHER MARTIN . As a young man in his late teens Glenn Luther Martin read in the newspapers of the Wright brothers’ flight at Kitty Hawk, and knew with complete conviction that he too would someday build airplanes and fly them.
