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.

May 11, 2020 · Working with auto mechanics in a vacant Santa Ana church building, Martin was only the third American to design, construct, and fly his own airplane. Around 1909 he built his first plane but destroyed it during an attempted flight from the top of Red Hill in Tustin.

GLENN LUTHER MARTIN . Born: January 17, 1886 In: Macksburg, IA Died: December 5, 1955 In: Baltimore, MD. At the time he taught himself to fly in 1909 and 1910, Glenn Luther Martin was a youthful businessman, the owner (at age 22) of Ford and Maxwell dealerships in Santa Ana CA.

Sep 28, 2003 · Southern California aviation pioneer Glenn Luther Martin started his design career as a child -- snipping up his mother’s bedsheets to build sails and kites.

Nov 23, 2021 · As a result, Glenn Luther Martin relocated his operations from Santa Ana, California to Cleveland, Ohio. Here, he set up a second company under the name Glenn L Martin, and this was the iteration that later went on to be a not insignificant postwar airliner manufacturer.

Glenn L. Martin Company was founded by aviation pioneer Glenn Luther Martin on August 16, 1912. [3] He started the company building military training aircraft in Santa Ana, California, and in September 1916, Martin accepted a merger offer from the Wright Company, creating the Wright-Martin Aircraft Company. [1]

Glenn L. Martin Company was founded by aviation pioneer Glenn Luther Martin on August 16, 1912. Martin started out building military trainers in Santa Ana, California, and then in 1916, Martin accepted a merger offer from the Wright Company, creating the Wright-Martin Aircraft Company in September. This new company did not go well, and Glenn ...

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9738/glenn_luther-martin: accessed ), memorial page for Glenn Luther Martin (17 Jan 1886–5 Dec 1955), Find a Grave Memorial ID 9738, citing Fairhaven Memorial Park, Santa Ana, Orange County, California, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.

He died on 4 December 1955, in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Fairhaven Memorial Park, Santa Ana, Orange, California, United States.

Jan 13, 2025 · Glenn L. Martin was an American airplane inventor whose bombers and flying boats played important roles in World War II. In Santa Ana, Calif., before World War I, Martin designed his first powered airplane and leased an abandoned church as his first factory.