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C.F. Martin 000-28EC Eric Clapton model. Martin opened its "Custom Shop" division in 1979. Martin built its 500,000th guitar in 1990, and in 2004 they built their millionth guitar. This guitar is entirely hand-crafted and features more than 40 inlaid rubies and diamonds. It is worth an estimated $1 million. As of 2007, Martin employed 600 people.
The DR-28 and SDR-28 have a solid spruce top with laminate rosewood sides and back. The SDR models also feature "scalloped" bracing à la Martin's own HD-28 with the addition of herringbone design around the binding. The DR-28 and SDR-28 and SDR-28H are clones to the original Martin D-28 and HD-28 guitars and are high quality instruments.
C.F.Martin 000-42 (1939, serial number 73234) Eric Clapton owned and main guitar through 1998, played in 1992-01-16 for MTV's Unplugged - loan from George Square, courtesy of RRHFM - MET (2014-08-08 10.25.52 by edwardhblake).jpg
The Martin P5M Marlin (P-5 Marlin after 1962), built by the Glenn L. Martin Company of Middle River, Maryland, is a twin piston-engined flying boat that entered service in 1951, and served into the late 1960s with the United States Navy performing naval patrols.
The first D-45 was a dreadnought guitar based on the Martin D-28 with luxury ornamentation (the "45" designation), [2] made especially for Gene Autry who, in 1933, ordered "the biggest, fanciest Martin he could." [3] This guitar is now encased in glass in the Gene Autry Museum of the American West in Los Angeles, California. [4]
When production of the earlier Martin 2-0-2 was stopped due to problems with wing structural failure the company decided to re-wing an improved version (which had already flown as the Martin 3-0-3). The new aircraft was the Martin 4-0-4. It had structural changes to the wings, pressurization and was lengthened slightly to take 40 passengers.
the rear of the F135 engine (nozzle rotated down) that powers the Rolls-Royce LiftSystem. Instead of using separate lift engines, like the Yakovlev Yak-38, or rotating nozzles for engine bypass air, like the Harrier, the "LiftSystem" has a shaft-driven LiftFan, designed by Lockheed Martin and developed by Rolls-Royce, [3] and a thrust vectoring nozzle for the engine exhaust that provides lift ...
Takeoff distance to 50 ft (15m): 2,195 ft (669 m) Landing distance from 50 ft (15m): 2,485 ft (757 m) See also. Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era.