Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-08-21 | Page 5 | As the World Turns

AS THE WORLD TURNS Daring Aviator of o f 1912 Thinks Hell He'll Try New New Planes 1 M i M oit a. a PICKS UP A FEW POINTERS ON GLIDERS GLIDERS Glenn L L. Martin left sits in cockpit while Ha Hawley builder explains operation LOS ANGELES Aug 21 UP UP- UP Glenn L. L Martin considered a daring aviator back in 1912 is going to learn to pilot one of these newfangled flying machines machines ma- ma chines Martin taught himself to fly In the early days of aviation People said then that he was almost as daft as those Wright I brothers But Martin now the head of I Ione one of the largest airplane manufacturing manufacturing manufacturing man man- concerns in the country country coun coun- try hasn't taken a plane up in 15 years The aircraft his company and others turn out today have a lot of gadgets about the operation operation opera opera- tion of which the tall gray- gray haired executive isn't quite tain So Im I'm going to school to learn to fly again And because I still have a lot of other demands upon my time I expect It to take me quite a while while while-a a year or so Martin Marti had not even been up in an airplane except for two short hops since 1924 until he flew out here here- from Baltimore last week His year old mother moth moth- er accompanied him mm on the two- two week vacation visit to Cali Call fornia J