Good morning,
It’s a sunny day with a high of fifty-four ahead.
The Wisconsin Historical Society notes that this day marks the anniversary from 1909 of the
Nation’s First Commercially Built Airplane
On this date in Beloit, a plane was assembled and built by Wisconsin’s first pilot, Arthur P. Warner. This self-taught pilot was the 11th in the U.S. to fly a powered aircraft and the first in the U.S. to buy an aircraft for business use. Warner used it to publicize his automotive products.[Source: History Just Ahead: A Guide to Wisconsin’s Historical Markers]
The Journal Sentinel covered the centennial of Warner’s flight in 2009. See, First state flight to be commemorated in Beloit.
