william lafayette quick: Who Flew The First Plane In Alabama...Quick? - 01/23/11 10:39 AM
Who Flew The First Plane In Alabama...Quick?
Orville and Wilbur Wright are generally credited with first in flight at Kitty Hawk North Caroline in 1903.  However, my question is, "Who flew the first airplane in Alabama"?  And the answer to that comes Quick...William Lafayette Quick and his sons that is.  William Lafayette Quick in 1900 began construction of the first airplane to be flown in Alabama.  At the family property in New Market Alabama Quick built his airplane from timber grown on his property and processed at his sawmill.  The metal hardware was also forged in his blacksmith shop.
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