Zelch, Walter Ashbury

ID
3087
Nationality
American
Occupation
Air pilot
Inventor
Summary
Built and supposedly flew a small bicycle-powered airplane across a valley in Pittsburgh, PA before witnesses on July 8, 1909. It did not actually fly but may just have made a stretched glide before he collided with a tree.
References
Silence of the Spheres, p.73.
Dates
1888?-?