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

At the age of two, Martin's family moved to Salina, Kansas, so that his father could run a wheat farm.

Martin also began using sails on everything from ice skates to wagons, and even his bicycle to move faster with less effort.

On May 10, 1912, Martin flew a self-built seaplane from Newport Bay, California to Avalon on Catalina Island, then back across the channel.

Martin's total distance was 68 miles (109 km), with the Newport-Avalon leg taking 37 minutes.

Sensing an opportunity to market his airplanes, he replied to the ad and got the part of a dashing hero in the 1915 production A Girl of Yesterday starring Mary Pickford.

In addition to flying Pickford around in his airplane, he had a scene where he had to kiss Frances Marion, who later became a legendary Hollywood screenwriter.

In 1928, the Glenn L. Martin Company moved to Maryland, bringing hundreds of much needed jobs, an airport, and a booming aviation industry.

[9] His younger cousin Jack Martin stayed in Cleveland, eventually forming the Martin-Collier Corporation with an investment from Robert J. Collier's widow Sara Steward Van Alen.

The university's wind tunnel and a classroom building (the home of the Department of Aerospace Engineering and other units) also bear Martin's name.

[10] In 1945, Glenn L. Martin founded the AAABA National Baseball Tournament in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

[14] USPS Building Bridges Special Postal Cancellation Series commemorated the 110th Anniversary of Glenn L. Martin's first flight with a series of 5 postal cancellations in 3 cities with world premieres of trumpet solo and clarinet/vocal/guitar arrangements of "Break Free on Wings of Music" by Kendall Ross Bean, and the retracing of Glenn Martin's flight path on May 10, 1912.