Len Martin
Founder
(1925-2003)
Len Martin, founder of Martin's Metal Fabrication & Welding, Inc. Born in Eufaula, Oklahoma in October of 1925. Len, who was in the United States Air Force, dreamed of owning his own family business. Working with sheet metal in the military, Len found his niche. After the military Len started Martin's Welding in 1972 and later it was incorporated and chaneg to Martin's Metal Fabrication & Welding. It was Len & Carol which set our core values and it's those values which we follow till this day.
Martin's Metal was built from one couples dream, hard work, honesty, dedication & discipline. With the help of their children and grandchildren, Martin's Metal will continue to be successful, & grow stronger than ever. Our company has become a leader in the fabrication industry and will continue to thrive through good times and bad for generations to come.
. In June 10th 1984, Len and the other Airmen flew the Douglas C-124 Globemaster II "Ole Shakey" into Travis AFB, CA. You can still visit the Plane at the www.jimmydoolittlemuseum.org on Travis AFB.
The museum was given the C-124 in August 1982. The aircraft had been stored for many years outside at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, where the C-124 was used as a storage shed. Transporting the aircraft by ground from Maryland to California would of been expensive, so the decision was made to fly the aircraft to the Travis AFB Museum.Volunteers joined with members of the Air National Guard's 116th Tactical Fighter Wing from Dobbins Air Force Base to restore the C-124 to an airworthy condition.
The aircraft was then ferried from Aberdeen Dobbins AFB in Georgia, where the members of the 116th TFW completed the aircrafts restoration. The aircraft was then flown cross country to Norton AFB in California to Travis AFB.. The C-124 arrived at the Travis Air Museum at exactly 1400 on June 10, 1984. The first recorded flight of a C-124 in nearly a decade.
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/C-124_Globemaster_II
