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American aviation pioneer (1886–1955)

For other people named Glenn Martin, see Glenn Martin (disambiguation).

Glenn Luther Martin (January 17, 1886 – December 5, 1955) was an early American aviation pioneer.

He designed and built his own aircraft and was an active pilot, as well as an aviation record-holder. He founded an aircraft company in 1912 which through several mergers amalgamated into what is today known as Lockheed Martin.^[1]

Early years

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Martin was born in Macksburg, Iowa, on January 17, 1886, to Minta and Clarence Martin.

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At the age of two, Martin's family moved to Salina, Kansas, so that his father could run a wheat farm. By age six, he became interested in kites, but at first his friends made fun of box-kites he built. When the kites flew well, people paid him twenty-five cents to build one for them.

He turned his mother's kitchen into a "factory" to produce more kites. Martin also began using sails on everything from ice ska