Some great news out of Indiana!

[Zac Yates]

The entire American (and some would say world) airliner industry began with the Lawson Airline Company of South Milwaukee.

That looks like a Vickers Vimy to me. What is it?

[Zachary]

That looks like a Vickers Vimy to me. What is it?

Lawson C-2. If I'm not mistaken, we (EAA AirVenture Museum) have one of the wicker seats out of it somewhere in storage. The designer, Alfred W. Lawson, was quite an, shall we say, interesting, gentleman.

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Zack

[p51]

Tough choice on Washington, what with the B-17 and B-29 being well-known Boeing products. Heck, you also have the 747 as well. Any of those three would make for a easily-recognized symbol of that state...

[Warbirdnerd]

Noooo....................The Texas State bird should be the Howard 500!

Except all of the airworthy examples are at the Northern end of I-35.

[Zac Yates]

That looks like a Vickers Vimy to me. What is it?

Lawson C-2. If I'm not mistaken, we (EAA AirVenture Museum) have one of the wicker seats out of it somewhere in storage. The designer, Alfred W. Lawson, was quite an, shall we say, interesting, gentleman.

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Zack

Thanks Zack, consider me educated. And thanks for the MentalFloss link.

[Rajay]

In a timely effort to usurp any such claims from the state of OH, since I'm in NC, I'll claim the Wright Flyer for us!

[Chris Brame]

For Illinois: SBD covered in zebra mussels.

[SaxMan]

In Maryland, it has to be the Martin B-26 Marauder.

However, the Fairchild A-10 would definitely be more than a good runner up. Decisions, decisions...

Considering the A-10 has been teetering on the brink of being phased out of service, perhaps a little political boost like this would help.

[6trn4brn]

Dang...I am drawing a blank for Virginia...maybe anything from the Confederate Air Force?

Yeah, yeah...I know.....I will see myself to the door...

[Stephan Wilkinson]

Minnesota: "modern" Bellancas, and even more modern Cirrus. Georgia: Gulfstream. Virginia: Sequoia Falco

[L-188]

That looks like a Vickers Vimy to me. What is it?

Lawson C-2. If I'm not mistaken, we (EAA AirVenture Museum) have one of the wicker seats out of it somewhere in storage. The designer, Alfred W. Lawson, was quite an, shall we say, interesting, gentleman.

http://mentalfloss.com/article/29967/11 ... rsity-ever

Zack

As a resident of southeast Wisconsin, I can say that we would not be where we are today, without the Lawson airliner and of course the University of Lawsonomy (Study Natural Law). We'd be umm somewhere else.

[JohnB]

As a resident of southeast Wisconsin, I can say that we would not be where we are today, without the Lawson airliner .

I'm not sure if you're joking, and although I'm as proud of Wisconsin...my father was from there one of only two commissioned WWII officers from his hometown...
since the Lawson wasn't a commercial success, and with only one produced, it doesn't have much to do with the eventual success of American air transport.
The Boeing 40, as Boeing's first airliner and holder of ATC #2, has a better claim to being the father of the industry.

[L-188]

Only joking. People have been making fun of Alfred Lawson for years. They finally took down the UNIVERSITY OF LAWSONOMY sign a few years back. No offense intended.