Canton's Pioneers In Flight

MAPS AIR MUSEUM IS LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF AKRON-CANTON AIRPORT (CAK), IN GREEN, OH

Frank Purdy Lahm	Canton's Pioneers in Flight
	Popular author and Curator of the William McKinley Presidential Library and Museum, Kimberly Kenney will give a brief talk at 11:00 AM in the conference room about early aviation in Stark County and William and Almina Martin. William’s monoplane, now hanging in the MAPS hanger gallery, was built 100 years ago. On January 12, 1909, the glider was first towed aloft by their farm horse, with William at the controls. Almina Martin was the second person to fly the glider, making her the first woman in the world to solo a heavier-than-air aircraft. Ms. Kinney will be available to sign copies of her book “Canton’s Pioneers in Flight” immediately after her talk. The talk is free with the purchase of a breakfast. Space is limited.
	the Martin Glider, ca. 1909

Kim Kenney graduated summa cum laude from Wells College in Aurora, NY with a major in American history and minor in creative writing, where she became a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Chapter Xi. She earned her Master of Arts degree in History Museum Studies at the Cooperstown Graduate Program. Kim has interned at the Rome Historical Society in her hometown of Rome, NY; Wells Fargo Historical Services in San Francisco; and the Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center in Pittsburgh, PA. She has also worked as an interpreter at the Erie Canal Village in Rome, NY. She served as Curator of Collections at the Historical Society of Rockland County in New City, NY before taking the position of Curator at the Wm. McKinley Presidential Library & Museum in October 2001. She is the author of three books, 2001. She is the author of three books, Canton: A Journey Through Time, Canton's West Lawn Cemetary, and Canton's Pioneers In Flight.