All Aero

Lyman Wiswell Gilmore’s first attempt at flight apparently occurred at Red Bluff, California, during July of 1894, when he reportedly built a glider (whether biplane or monoplane is not known) with a wing span of 18 feet and went aloft under tow by a horse. The source of this story, as with many of the assertions surrounding Lyman’s efforts, seems to have been Lyman Wiswell Gilmore, Jr., himself.