tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306432152024-02-18T22:52:42.656-05:00Micajah Clark DyerOfficial Website of Georgia's 1874 Pioneer Aviator Micajah Clark Dyer <br>inventor of the 1874 'Apparatus for Navigating the Air', predecessor of the airplane.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-58460230840282098982024-01-26T14:48:00.010-05:002024-01-26T23:13:46.441-05:00Story of Micajah Clark Dyer's 1874 Flying MachineMicajah Clark Dyer story - YouTube -www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OryL39ZrgsHTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=1ORYL39ZRGSMicajah Clark Dyer storyVTS 01 1Interview of Sylvia Dyer Turnage by Blairsville-Union County ...Click on the link below to view the video produced by the Blairsville Chamber of Commerce telling the story of Micajah Clark Dyer's 1974 flying machine. Micajah Clark Dyer story - YouTube - Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-32817569178305309062022-11-10T20:47:00.000-05:002022-11-10T20:47:21.000-05:00Auburn University School of Aviation Learns
about Pioneer Aviator Micajah Clark DyerOn August
30, 2022, Captain Paul "Puck" Esposito introduced the history of
Micajah Clark Dyer’s invention of an apparatus for navigating the air to his
class at Auburn University, School of Aviation, at Auburn, Alabama.
Capt. Puck
is a retired Naval Aviator with 28 years’ service given to his country. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-72729757131538340052022-10-08T13:24:00.001-04:002022-10-08T23:14:05.978-04:00Sixteen Years Since Highway 180-East Was Named for Micajah Clark Dyer Sixteen years ago Georgia Highway 180-East from U.S. Highway 19/129 to the Brasstown Bald Mountain Spur was named the Micajah Clark Dyer Parkway to honor a pioneer aviator and inventor by that name. Members of the Dyer family went to the Capitol to witness Governor Sonny Perdue signing the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-41166388593329343462020-02-11T22:55:00.000-05:002020-02-11T22:55:10.222-05:00Creek Where Clark Operated a GristmillInteresting history! This is the creek on the old Micajah Clark Dyer homeplace where he built a gristmill and operated it from about 1850 to 1890, grinding his and his neighbor's grains.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEHmM1q-44w&feature=youtu.be
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-67788314373758815102019-09-02T15:00:00.002-04:002019-09-02T15:00:28.644-04:00Getting High in 1874
Cover of Touch & Go
Members of the Society for Aviation History recently learned about a story that surprised them in their July-August 2019 newsletter from the other side of the continent. Here's some of what it said about Getting High in 1874.
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Micajah Clark Dyer had watched the birds flyingUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-45654446445141997292019-08-31T22:39:00.000-04:002019-08-31T22:39:19.867-04:00There Are Ties Between Corvettes and Aviation
'Hoods Up' gives glimpse into ties
between Corvettes, aviation
The
“Hoods Up” event was held in conjunction with the National Corvette Museum’s
25th anniversary in Bowling Green, KY on August 30, 2019.
Enjoy the full story By DON SERGENT dsergent@bgdailynews.com
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-3421941414211050832019-05-24T14:17:00.000-04:002019-05-24T14:17:59.151-04:00Laurie Wilson Donates Novel to Eden Public Library
Katherine Seaver receives a donated novel from Laurie Wilson
The Eden Public Library in Eden, NC now has a copy of Flying off Rattlesnake Mountain available for its patrons to read and enjoy. The narrative nonfiction novel gives the historical account of Micajah Clark Dyer's invention of a flying machine that he patented in 1874 and flew until a year or two before Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-53756679398814743142019-01-23T13:43:00.000-05:002019-01-23T13:43:17.135-05:00Commemorative Pendants Donated for Fund-Raising
A supply of the pendants pictured here were donated to the Foundation to raise funds for advancing knowledge of Micajah Clark Dyer's invention of a flying machine, patented Sept. 1, 1874. The cost of the pendant with a gift box is $17.95 plus $3.50 shipping if required. The cost without a gift box is $14.95 plus $3.00 shipping.
Email your order to:
micajahclarkdyer@Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-6822189670825215172018-08-03T00:22:00.001-04:002018-08-03T00:22:17.607-04:00Micajah Clark Dyer's Name Inscribed on Wall of Honor at National Air & Space Museum
Several months ago, Dr. Sylvan Dyer, great-great-grandson of Micajah Clark Dyer, supplied information to the Director of Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum about his ancestor's 1874 invention of an "Apparatus for Navigating the Air"--the word "airplane" hadn't even been coined back in 1874!
Last week Dr. Dyer received a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-39157114163182115742018-07-16T12:08:00.000-04:002018-08-03T01:12:06.343-04:00Amazon Donates to Micajah Clark Dyer Foundation
Help raise funds for projects to benefit MCD Foundation!
Today is Prime Day! Amazon donates to Micajah Clark Dyer Foundation Inc when
you shop Prime Day deals at smile.amazon.com/ch/27-0352613.
Let's make a project of placing a copy of "Flying off Rattlesnake Mountain" in every public library in Georgia! The history of Micajah Clark Dyer's invention and flights should be Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-71282875082900663992018-06-01T21:02:00.000-04:002019-09-02T15:26:32.076-04:00Interview of Author of "Flying off Rattlesnake Mountain"
New Novel tells the Amazing Story of Pioneer-Inventor, Micajah Clark Dyer
On May 15, John Clark, Director of the Georgia News
Network in Atlanta, traveled to the mountains of Northeast Georgia to interview
author Sylvia Dyer Turnage about her recently published book, Flying off Rattlesnake Mountain. Her
book is a narrative, non-fiction story based on life as it was Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-39632328476346420862017-12-08T02:49:00.000-05:002017-12-08T02:49:16.963-05:00New Biographical Novel Released
Have you read the new book that's out? It is "Flying off Rattlesnake Mountain" by Sylvia Dyer Turnage. It's a narrative non-fiction story that follows the life of Micajah Clark Dyer and how he came to have a remarkable theory about flying, the roadblocks he encountered as he toiled to bring his vision to fulfillment, and the ridicule he endured from some people who couldn't understand theUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-12670188126513932992017-11-05T17:33:00.000-05:002017-12-08T02:54:46.987-05:00Who Was First to Fly?Blue Ridge Country magazine, Oct/Nov 2017 issue, has a very nice story with great photography by Joe Tennis about Micajah Clark Dyer. You can see the article which was posted by Visit Blairsville GA here: www.visitblairsvillega.com http://www.visitblairsvillega.com/fullpanel/uploads/files/brcnd17-aviation.pdf
Of course, Micajah Clark Dyer was the first to fly Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-76088284303997503772017-10-27T12:43:00.000-04:002017-10-27T12:43:15.673-04:00Ford Tri-Motor 1929 Airplane takes to the sky
An interesting article posted recently by Scott Kimbler, a reporter for AccessWDUN, says Ford has built a replica of a 1929 airplane, and now passenger flights in it are available at the Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport in Gainesville, Georgia.
Kimbler says the plane is owned by the Experimental Aircraft Association , and the Gainesville Chapter has brought the plane to Lee Gilmer Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-14919082200366648732017-09-08T12:43:00.000-04:002017-09-08T12:43:51.991-04:00Blairsville Airport's new W.C. Nelson Terminal
What a lovely new facility at the Blairsville Airport!
W.C. Nelson Terminal at Blairsville Airport
Posted by:
Blairsville-Union County Chamber of Commerce
· September 6 at 7:30pm ·
Fly in style! The brand new W.C. Nelson terminal at the #BlairsvilleAirport is now open! This beautiful new asset adds to the accessibility of our area, benefiting businesses, tourism, and the community Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-8837858440922923122017-09-03T21:42:00.000-04:002017-09-04T13:08:48.718-04:00Flying To A Mountain Landing Strip
Was Micajah Clark Dyer's runway on Rattlesnake Mountain more dangerous than this one? Watch the video below and decide.
This mountain landing strip in New Guinea took 14 years to complete. It will make such a dramatic difference in the lives of the local villagers for whom a landing strip represents access to medical supplies, building materials, clothing, food etc.
A huge day in the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-63402141765068219082017-08-03T21:45:00.000-04:002017-09-04T13:02:34.143-04:00Annie Gets Her Library Book, Georgia's Pioneer Aviator
Annie with her book from the library:
Georgia's Pioneer Aviator, Micajah Clark Dyer
Her mom says, " Annie's book which she had put on hold came in today! I tried to tell her Poppa already has this book but she wanted to read it from the library!"
Annie will be ahead of her classmates after learning who flew an airplane back in the 1800s!
Way to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-52487898379091654112017-06-25T21:41:00.002-04:002017-06-25T21:41:56.447-04:00Clark Dyer Nominated to Aviation Hall of Fame
http://www.gaaviationhalloffame.com
Micajah
Clark Dyer (1822-1891) has been nominated for induction this year into
the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame at Robins Air Force Base in Warner Robins,
Georgia, by Dr. Sylvan R. Dyer. This is the third nomination Clark Dyer has
received for this recognition based on his invention of an "Apparatus for
Navigating Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-91710894961573263692017-04-29T23:13:00.000-04:002017-09-03T22:04:19.612-04:00An Airplane Builder
Sylvia Dyer Turnage sits in a home built ultra-light airplane
This ultra-light plane was constructed by a man who builds his own airplanes and flies them over his fields. Amazingly, his airplanes are very simple and he uses machinery and materials that are locally available for building them.
Here I am sitting in one of them, but I confess that I am not Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-7544160960262039942017-04-21T23:27:00.002-04:002017-04-21T23:41:22.182-04:00Video of Chamber interview on Channel 4
Know your history - On April 4, 2017, Blairsville-Union County Chamber of Commerce President, Regina Allison, interviewed Sylvia Dyer Turnage to learn about a part of history that is not too well known. That history is the saga of the 1874 invention of the flying machine by Micajah Clark Dyer of Union County. The interview was filmed by Mr. Mark Mote of Windstream for Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-13672698972347135572017-04-15T17:20:00.000-04:002017-04-15T17:30:33.009-04:00Chamber Connection TV Show Features Micajah Clark Dyer
Display Sept. 2016 at Chamber of Commerce
We are happy to have the history of Micajah Clark Dyer featured in a recent filming by Mr. Mark Mote with Windstream and Ms. Regina Allison, President of the Blairsville Chamber of Commerce. The video will air this week and next, April 11 through April 22, on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10 a.m., 5 p.m. and 8 p.m., and on Saturdays at 11 a.m., 5:30 p.m. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-53432577908705615152016-10-22T22:13:00.000-04:002016-10-22T22:23:41.630-04:00Engraving Completed The monument at Micajah Clark Dyer's grave is now identifiable as you approach it descending the cemetery hill from the west. Previously, there was no identification on back of the monument, which caused a few visitors to leave thinking they had come to the wrong cemetery. It was necessary to go all the way to the bottom of the hill where the engraving on front could be viewedUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-20748136242978688712016-09-30T00:32:00.000-04:002016-09-30T00:45:46.140-04:00New aircraft and off-road vehicle created in Shreveport!Flying Magazine says a startup company with the goal of meeting off-road accessibility with the freedom of flight just got the go-ahead from the FAA.
SkyRunner, a flying all-terrain vehicle
On June 16, 2016, Flying Magazine stated:
“SkyRunner announced this week that its flying all-terrain vehicle has earned S-LSA approval, paving the way for the company to ramp up Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-65190402717767683282016-09-12T15:09:00.000-04:002016-09-12T15:09:38.066-04:00September 1 Proclaimed Micajah Clark Dyer Day Article in The North Georgia News, Sept 7, 2016, Page 1C:
"Commissioner Paris said, 'I am very pleased to proclaim September 1, 2016 as Micajah Clark Dyer Day in Union County. September 1, 1874 is the date Mr. Dyer received a patent for his flying machine.'
"Mr. Dyer invented and flew the machine on his farm in Choestoe Community many years before the Wright Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-52958812740729911782016-09-01T20:40:00.000-04:002016-09-01T20:44:44.879-04:00More 1875 Flying Machine News Reports
Typical front page of an 1875 newspaper
It is always exciting to find newspapers from the 1800s that published articles about Micajah Clark Dyer's flying machine. In our post below dated August 3, 2012, we told about the five 1875 articles newly found by Jim Powell, which brought to 18 the number of different newspapers we had found up to that time.
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