Micajah Clark Dyer and
his "Flying Machine"
Go to the excellent web site about Micajah Clark Dyer and
his "Flying Machine"
http://www.micajahclarkdyer.org/
A new 39-cent
U.S. postage stamp has been printed to honor Macajah Clark
Dyer for his invention of an
“Apparatus for Navigating the Air.” The stamp shows
the front view of Dyer’s flying ship as depicted in U.S.
Patent, No. 154,654 issued to him on September 1,
1874.Clark Dyer designed, patented,
built and flew his machine in Union County, Blairsville,
Georgia, during the late 1800’s, decades before
other inventors were able to achieve controlled air
navigation. The stamp was designed by Dyer’s great-great
granddaughter, Sylvia Dyer Turnage. It has been entered
into competition
for display at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington,
D.C., beginning
August 2007.
Drawings
taken from the original patent
show different views of the flying machine.
Union County Commissioner Lamar Paris hangs a display
of the 39-cent U. S. Postage stamp honoring
Union County pioneer inventor Micajah Clark
Dyer
A
sheet of U. S. Postage stamps featuring one of the drawings
of Micajah Clark Dyer’s aircraft., taken from the patent he
obtained from the U. S. Patent & Trademark Office on
September 1, 1874, is now hanging in the Union County
Courthouse.