Iowa's Notable Dead …
1956; University of Iowa; Volume: 33; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.17077/0003-4827.7420
ISSN2473-9006
Autores Tópico(s)Mormonism, Religion, and History
Resumoin 1949; began in 1907 to build gliders; designed and built pusher type of airplane in 1908, and taught himself to fly; established one of the first airplane factories in the United States in 1909; held speed, altitude and endurance records and gave many exhibition flights in United States and Canada; qualified for F.A.I.Aviator's Certificate August 9, 1911, and held Aviation Certificate No. 56, and Expert.Aviator's Certificate No. 2, Aero Club of America; attributed to him were: first take-off under a plane's own power, development of a successful parachute which could be opened by the jumper at will, completion of the first extended-over ocean fiight, participation in the army's closelyguarded bombing experiments in 1913; incorporated Glenn L. Martin Co., Santa Ana, California, in 1911; moved factory to Los Angeles in 1912; built airplanes for exhibition, fiying and sport use until 1913, when first order was received from U.S. war department for Model TT, which was later adopted by the army for training purposes; developed an aircraft construction empire that did better than 250 millions dollars business yearly; personally directed production at his big Baltimore and Omaha, Neb., plants during World War II, and produced 6 types of bombers and one transport during that year, among them were the B-26 Martin Marauder, a twin engined bomber used by the U.S. army, the PBM 1 and 3, giant naval patrol ships, and the Baltimore, a two motored bomber used by the British; constructed the first multipassenger airplane, twin-engined bomber, torpedo and dive bombers, and a supercargo
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