Glenn L. Martin Company

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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.

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.

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

Sources: G196-197; 2dG303; SD95, 190-192; 1IDCH67, 70; 1917ASJ274; 1919YB61, 196.


Organization names Glenn L. Martin Co.
Entity type 1
Country US
City Santa Anna, CA, 1911; moved to Griffith Park, Los Angeles, CA, 1912. (must mean Santa Ana)
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Started aero 1911
Ended aero 1916
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