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Old Posted Jul 9, 2014, 4:55 PM
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Glenn L. Martin



1952 - Martin Elementary School 939 W. Wilshire Ave., Santa Ana


http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...d/103172/rec/1




But why? (One hopes that those who attended Martin Elementary know the answer.)

=> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_L._Martin



Avaition pioneer Martin had some interesting SoCal connections. Some of the dates are a little hazy. It is said that by 22 years of age (1908?) Martin owned a Ford and Maxwell dealership in Santa Ana. http://www.mdairmuseum.org/history-research.html In 1909 he rented a "disused" Santa Ana Methodist Church as his first SoCal manufacturing base. (Where was the Church and any photos?) On August 1, 1909 made the first powered flight in California, 8' above the Irvine Ranch in Orange County. http://www.ocregister.com/articles/m...ine-plane.html It may have been mentioned on this thread that Martin participated in the famous 1910 Dominguez Hill Aero Meet. (Or maybe it was only Glenn Curtiss that was mentioned.)

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Even before the first air meet at Dominquez, a young auto mechanic, Glenn Martin, was at work developing his first airplane at Santa Ana. In 1909 he completed a small pusher biplane of the Curtiss style with which he taught himself to fly. After perfecting his aircraft, he embarked on an ambitious exhibition schedule over the next two years, which earned him $12,000. In May 10, 1912, he set records in a Newport Beach-Catalina Island flight. Seeing a future in the manufacture of aircraft, Martin formed his company in 1912. http://generalaviationnews.com/2011/...-air-heritage/

Read somewhere that in 1912 Martin employed another SoCal-connected aviation pioneer, Donald Douglas (who has a 1921 CD listing: David-Douglas Co., Aircraft Manfs. 421 Colyton.**) In 1915 Martin's residence was listed at 431 W. Seventh Street (LA Athletic Club) and the "factory" at 943 S. Los Angeles Street. For those with an itch regarding other aviation luminaries:
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The Martin Company provided training and experience to a remarkable number of other aviation manufacturers who later struck out on their own. William Boeing, . . . Lawrence Bell, and James S. McDonnell founded companies that bear their names. Charles Day, chief designer for Standard Aircraft in World War I, and Charles Willard, co-founder of L.W.F. Engineering in 1917, were both former Martin employees as were J.H. Kindleberger and C.A. Van Dusen, who ran North American and Brewster, respectively, during World War II. http://www.mdairmuseum.org/history-research.html

1912 (Anyone decipher the name or headline from the newspaper payload?)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...er-biplane.jpg


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In 1913, pioneering aviator Glenn L. Martin took [85 lb.]Tiny up in his biplane over Griffith Park in Los Angeles, where, at a height of 2,000 feet, she released herself from a trap seat, becoming the first woman ever to parachute from an airplane. http://www.earlyaviators.com/ebroadwi.htm
http://www.hendersondispatch.com/arc...86231df62d.jpg



1913 (Martin and James H. Irvine)
http://images.onset.freedom.com/ocre...iv1dkg0r.1.jpg


1915 "A Girl of Yesterday" with Mary Pickford and Glenn L. Martin (No surviving negative)
http://images.wisconsinhistory.org/7...07000102-l.jpg


http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/mobile/images/1915.jpg



Davis-Douglas Co. 1921 headquarters
**421-427 Colyton Street, LA
http://s.lnimg.com/photo/poster_768/...51c804a636.jpg





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