WILLIAM LAFAYETTE QUICK 1859-1927

William L. Quick Courtesy of Major Ronald V. Regan

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. STORY OF AIRPLANE INVENTION IN COUNTY      RECOUNTED BY MEMBERS OF QUICK FAMILY, 1961      by Jerry Wilkerson 2. APPLICATION FOR PATENT by William L. Quick 3. THE QUICK MONOPLANE RESTORED, 1964      by Chet Klier 4. HISTORY OF RESTORATION, 1968      by Chet Klier 5. AEROPLANE INVENTION IN MADISON COUNTY, ALABAMA      by Major Ronald V. Regan, Sr. 6. U. S. SPACE & ROCKET CENTER      Home of Quick Monoplane 7. FAMILY ALBUM & NOTES      by Major Ronald V. Regan, Sr.

 

ONLINE RESOURCES - 1      If you search for "Quick Monoplane", using the Google search engine, (11-16-03), you will find about 51 links. Among the most helpful is the following.

1908 QUICK MONOPLANE FIRST FLIGHT IN ALABAMA      This page on The University of Alabama in Huntsville - College of Engineering website offers many resources, including an 11 page pdf file of the research paper, The 1908 Quick Monoplane: First Flight in Alabama? by D. Brian Landrum and Angeline Nuar of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama, 35899. To visit this site, click on the title above.

 

ONLINE RESOURCES - 2      If you search for "William L. Quick", using the Google search engine, (11-16-03), you will find about 13 links. Among the most helpful are the following.

ALABAMA’S FIRST AVIATOR      "In 1908, William Lafayette Quick, a Hazel Green, Alabama resident, designed and built what is believed to have been the first airplane flown in Alabama. Quick’s "Flying Machine", a mid-wing monoplane with an upright pilot position, fuselage-mounted engine, direct-drive propeller, three-wheel landing gear, and steerable tail wheel, was also reputed to be among the first monoplanes flown in the United States."      This paragraph is excerpted from the article which is found on the Madison County Schools website. To read the whole story, just click on the title above.

 

William L. Quick died in 1927   Editor's Note: If you have any information on this Early Bird, please contact me. E-mail to Ralph Cooper   Back