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[[Glenn L. Martin]]; [[Charles Willard]], chief engineer, 1913-1914; joined 1915 by [[Donald Douglas]] (later of [[McDonnell Douglas Corp.]]), who helped develop new aeroplanes.  [[Charles Healy Day]] was designer in 1911 but left because he wanted to built a tractor and Martin did not.  Day returned to Martin in mid-1913 and designed Martin's first seaplane but apparently left again in 1914 to work for himself for a short while before joining [[Sloane Aeroplane Co.]]
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Produced pusher and headless and semi-headless pushers 1911-1912 and variations of Model T tandem-seat tractor biplanes for land and sea from 1913, apparently for U.S. Army. 
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Briefly formed [[Wright-Martin Aircraft Corp.]] with [[Wright Aircraft Co.]] and several other companies in 1916. [Did Martin Co. still exist as an independent entity during this time? Or did it reappear after Wright-Martin was dissolved? In either case it continued to exist as Martin until it became Martin Marietta in 1961.]
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Produced aircraft including the [[Martin MB-1]] for the US army and navy during [[the war]].
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Source: 2dG389, [[Keith Rider]] started with Martin, 1913, then moved to Douglas.  Rider may have been a key individual.
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=== Sources ===
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* [[Gunston, 1993]], p196-197
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* [[Gunston, 2005]], p303
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* SD95, 190-192; 1IDCH67, 70; 1917ASJ274; 1919YB61, 196.
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* [[Who's Who, 1922]], p. [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433090744842;view=1up;seq=83 73]
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* [[w:Glenn L. Martin Company]]
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{{Company
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|Names=Glenn L. Martin Co.
 
|Country=US
 
|Country=US
|City=Santa Anna, CA, 1911; moved to Griffith Park, Los Angeles, CA, 1912.
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|City=Santa Anna, CA, 1911; moved to Griffith Park, Los Angeles, CA, 1912. (must mean Santa Ana)
 
|Started aero=1911
 
|Started aero=1911
|Ended aero=1916
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|Sources=Glenn L. Martin; Charles Willard, chief engineer, 1913-1914; joined 1915 by Donald Douglas (later of McDonnel Douglas Corp.), who helped develop new aeroplanes.  Charles Healy Day was designer in 1911 but left because he wanted to built a tractor and Martin did not.  Day returned to Martin in mid-1913 and designed Martin's first seaplane but apparently left again in 1914 to work for himself for a short while before joining Sloane Aeroplane Co. 
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|Key people=Glenn L. Martin; Charles Willard; Donald Douglas; Charles Healy Day
|Notes 1=Produced pusher and headless and semi-headless pushers 1911-1912 and variations of Model T tandem-seat tractor biplanes for land and sea from 1913, apparently for U.S. Army.  Company merged with Wright Aircraft Co. and several other companies, 1916, to form Wright-Martin Aircraft Corp.
 
|Notes 2=2dG389, Keith Rider started with Martin, 1913, then moved to Douglas.  Need to research Rider's role at this time in order to know whether to add him as a key individual.
 
|Notes 3=G196-197; 2dG303; SD95, 190-192; 1IDCH67, 70; 1917ASJ274; 1919YB61, 196.
 
 
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Revision as of 11:26, 18 December 2018

Glenn L. Martin; Charles Willard, chief engineer, 1913-1914; joined 1915 by Donald Douglas (later of McDonnell Douglas Corp.), who helped develop new aeroplanes. Charles Healy Day was designer in 1911 but left because he wanted to built a tractor and Martin did not. Day returned to Martin in mid-1913 and designed Martin's first seaplane but apparently left again in 1914 to work for himself for a short while before joining Sloane Aeroplane Co.

Produced pusher and headless and semi-headless pushers 1911-1912 and variations of Model T tandem-seat tractor biplanes for land and sea from 1913, apparently for U.S. Army.

Briefly formed Wright-Martin Aircraft Corp. with Wright Aircraft Co. and several other companies in 1916. [Did Martin Co. still exist as an independent entity during this time? Or did it reappear after Wright-Martin was dissolved? In either case it continued to exist as Martin until it became Martin Marietta in 1961.]

Produced aircraft including the Martin MB-1 for the US army and navy during the war.

Source: 2dG389, Keith Rider started with Martin, 1913, then moved to Douglas. Rider may have been a key individual.

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Names Glenn L. Martin Co.
Country US
City Santa Anna, CA, 1911; moved to Griffith Park, Los Angeles, CA, 1912. (must mean Santa Ana)
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Keywords
Started aero 1911
Ended aero
Key people Glenn L. Martin, Charles Willard, Donald Douglas, Charles Healy Day
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