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Wright-Martin Aircraft Corporation was a short-lived aircraft manufacturing business venture between the Wright Company (after Orville Wright sold the Wright Company and divested himself from it) and Glenn L. Martin.
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Wright Aeronautical (1919–1929) was an American aircraft manufacturer headquartered in Paterson, New Jersey. [1] . It was the successor corporation to Wright-Martin. [1] . It built aircraft and was a supplier of aircraft engines to other builders in the golden age of aviation. [1] .
Model NameIntroducedTypeHorsepowercirca 1919V-8150Wright D-11920L-6350Wright E1919V-8150 hpWright E-1M Hurricane1925 - 1926V-8240May 15, 2024 · Wright-Martin Model E SOHC V-8 aircraft engine, licensed version of the Société Française Hispano-Suiza V-8, in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum. (NASM 2014-04437)
- In The Beginning
- Early Military Success
- The First Airliners
- Attempting to Replace The DC-3
- Developing A Successor to The 2-0-2
- Merger Changes The Company's Direction
While The Martin Company's best-known airliners flew in the post-war era, the group dates back somewhat further. Formed in August 1912 by Glenn Luther Martin, much of the company's early work involved producing military training aircraft. Martin also indirectly catalyzed the formation of Boeing, as he is said to have taught William Boeing how to fl...
Having re-established the company, the First World War gave Martin its first big shot at success. It took this in the form of the biplane MB-1 bomber, of which it produced 20. However, having not first flown until August 1918, its entry into service took place after the conflict had ended. Nonetheless, it enjoyed continued success producing militar...
The Martin Company's most numerous interwar design was the B-10 bomber, of which it produced 348 examples across all variants. It entered service in November 1934, and ended a 15-year career when the Thai Air Force retired the type in 1949. However, at around the time of the B-10's introduction, Martin also began trying its hand at producing airlin...
After returning to mass production of military aircraft during the Second World War, The Martin Company turned its focus to land-based airliners in the post-war period. This resulted in the production of the Martin 2-0-2, which first flew 75 years ago yesterday, on November 22nd, 1946. Also known as the 'Martin Executive,' the type entered service ...
It isn't that the Martin 2-0-2 was completely without merit. After all, the 40-seat piston-engined design was instrumental in getting Japan Airlines off the ground in August 1951. Nonetheless, its lack of pressurization meant that it couldn't compete with the likes of the Convair240, which sold over 1,000 units across all variants between 1947 and ...
The 4-0-4 proved to be the last airliner that The Martin Company produced. Six years after its founder's death, the company merged with the American-Marietta Corporation to form Martin Marietta. This prompted a change of focus, and saw the newly formed company instead focus on the production of missiles and experimental jet-powered aircraft. By 199...
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Dec 30, 2020 · Just several weeks after this correspondence was sent, Martin completed a merger with the Wright Company, the firm formed by the famed aviation pioneer brothers, and Simplex, a manufacturer of automobiles and auto engines (the latter to be used for aircraft) partly owned by the Wright concern.
Robert James Martin Wight (26 November 1913 – 15 July 1972) was one of the foremost British scholars of international relations in the twentieth century. He was the author of Power Politics (1946; revised and expanded edition 1978), as well as the seminal essay "Why Is There No International Theory?"
