The Bench and Bar Historical Society of Santa Clara County conducts a mock trial to determine the original "Father of American Aviation." Attorneys Gary G. Neustadter and Richard Alexander represent the respective parties. Filmed on March 26, 1991 in San Jose, California.

While the Wright brothers are generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful airplane, Californian John Joseph Montgomery's gliding experiments of the 1880s are considered by some historians and organizations to have been the first controlled flights of a heavier-than-air flying machine in America.

Transferred from VHS in September 2017. Copyright and publication permission rests with the creators.

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