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Started his own company

and built many

planes, missiles,

and bombers

Worked with

the Wright

Brothers

MB-2 Bomber

-General Billy Mitchel used it to sink USA & German battleships in the 1920's

-Scored a direct hit on the U.S.S. "Alabama"

-Tested for burning action

B-10 Bomber

- Most advanced bomber of its day

- 2-engine monoplane, 28,000 ft. ceiling

- Speed: 212 mph

- 10 B-10's sent to Alaska in 1934 to reinforce outlying posessions

Awards & Other facts

- Daniel Guggenheim Medal for the China Clipper and the B-26

-MB-2 bomber sank old USA & German battleships (1921-1923)

-His bombers fought in WWI and WWII

Timeline of his life

Interested in flight

at a young age

(2-6 years old)

Family

moved

to California

DOB: January 17,1886 in Macksburg, Iowa

Sold hand made kites

for 25 cents

The plane took 13

months to build

1903- Made his

own plane

August 1,1909 became

the 3rd man to

fly his own invention

1916- Merged with

Wright Brothers

Company

1917- Went to Marietta

Company, Later

turned to the

Martin-Marietta Company

DOD: December

5,1955

Aviation Life

- One of the first people to learn how to fly with a plane he built himself

-1st to fly his mother

in a plane

-1st to film motion pics from a plane

-Formed the Glenn L. Martin company

Glenn L. Martin company

- Army's first tractor-type trailer

- 1st multi-passenger seaplane

-Developed a pack-type parachute

- Participated in early bombing tests

-Built the MB-1 bomber, the China Clipper, the B-26 Marauder bomber, and the B-10B

Was part

of 3 major

aircraft companies

by John Dixon

and Lilly Savage

Glenn Luther Martin

1886-1955

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