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In March the company was making a special acrobatic tractor biplane for √ Lincoln Beachey, using a 50 [[strikethrough]] horsepower [[/strikethrough]] h.p. Gnome engine. On April 6th Martin set a new American altitude record of 14,200 feet with a Model TT plane. The flying schools operated again that year with Floyd Smith instructing.   Martin made numerous trips by air to San Diego and return during the year and carried passengers on numerous occasions.  The United States Army Signal Corps held a competition for training planes at San Diego in October, and Martin entered a Model TT plane with a 6-cylinder, 125 [[strikethrough]] horsepower [[/strikethrough]] h.p. Hall-Scott engine.

He continued improving his tractor machines in 1915 and also demonstrated more chute jumps at San Diego with Broadwick. He took actress Mary Pickford for a ride over Los Angeles on May 25th, which resulted in his flying with her in June during the filming of the movie, "The Girl of Yesterday," for Famous Players.  During that month Charles Willard left Martin to join the Curtiss Company, and Donald Douglas became his replacement.  That spring Martin was beginning to sell planes to sportsmen, and in June delivered two hydros to the Dutch Government in Java.  The flying school continued and instructor Floyd Smith taught two distinguished wealthy sportsmen that year, William Boeing of Seattle, Washington, and Caleb Bragg of New York City, both of whom later bought Martin planes.  Bragg became a stockholder and Vice President of the Glenn L. Martin Company.  On October 27th Oscar Brindley won the Curtiss Marine Trophy event of the year when he flew a Martin TT hydro 554 miles during that day.

In June, 1916, a Martin aircraft engine was announced. It was a 140 [[strikethrough]] -horsepower [[/strikethrough]] h.p., 8-cylinder Vee-type liquid-cooled engine with welded steel cylinders and an aluminum crankcase.  Reportedly it was the work of Martin, Bragg and Leigh Griffith, but the development was soon dropped. During that spring the Martin Model S tandem was announced.  It was a 2-seat hydro with a 6-cylinder Hall-Scott engine.  The Model S set a number of new records that year.  The 

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