Alfred Lawson VISIONARY OR CRACKPOT?

摘要

You won't find Alfred William Lawson mentioned in many history books, but he was an early aviation visionary who claimed several firsts. One was that he was the first to use the word "aircraft," in Fly, a magazine he founded in 1908. He trademarked that word by changing the magazine's title to Aircraft when he received his first flight instruction in 1910. He also edited a glossary of aviation terms in the 1912 Webster's Dictionary and helped establish early proficiency standards for pilots.