The Martin Glider: A Different Kind of Flying Machine

Ohio Memory has published a new post, “The Martin Glider: A Different Kind of Flying Machine”

When we talk about Ohio aviators, most everyone has heard of the Wright Brothers and their famous flight in 1903. But did you know that another couple of Ohioans from the opposite side of the state made their own bit of history less than a decade later? On January 12, 1909, William H. Martin and his wife Almina of Canton successfully tested the “Martin Glider” with what we imagine was quite a chilly test flight! […]

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