Alfred William Lawson

Alfred William Lawson founded the Lawson Aircraft Corp. and published Fly Magazine and Aircraft (Lawson Publishing Company).

According to his biographer, Lawson from 1908–1918 "was primarily a propagandist for the cause of aviation, using two popular aircraft journals as vehicles for promoting the infant aircraft industry and his unusual vision of a world brought to perfection through aeronautical progress." After this time he got more directly involved in the industry and attempted to create a nationwide airline network.

There is lots of Lawsoniana at the Wisconsin Historical Society, online and hard copy.

Publications by or about Alfred William Lawson

• Fly Magazine (Simple title: Fly Magazine)
• Lawson, 1910, Editorial (Simple title: Editorial, Journal: Aircraft)
• Lawson, 1913, A recommendation to Congress (Simple title: A recommendation to Congress, Journal: Aircraft)
• Lawson, 1913, Comparative details of German and French dirigibles, military and private, either built or being constructed (Simple title: Comparative details of German and French dirigibles, military and private, either built or being constructed, Journal: Aircraft)
• Lawson, 1913, Educate Congress and newspaper editors (Simple title: Educate Congress and newspaper editors, Journal: Aircraft)
• Lawson, 1913, Learning to fly (Simple title: Learning to fly, Journal: Aircraft)
• Lawson, 1914, Around the world air race (Simple title: Around the world air race, Journal: Aircraft)
• Lawson, 1915, Airship raids and prospective invasions (Simple title: Airship raids and prospective invasions, Journal: Aircraft)
• Lawson, 1915, Duck Dander or good night (Simple title: Duck Dander or good night, Journal: Aircraft)
• Lawson, 1915, Safety first in the air (Simple title: Safety first in the air, Journal: Aircraft)
• Lawson, 1916, Airship the next trans-Atlantic freighter (Simple title: Airship the next trans-Atlantic freighter, Journal: Aircraft)
• Lawson, 1916, Are wars necessary? (Simple title: Are wars necessary?, Journal: Aircraft)
• Lawson, 1916, Looking around the circuit (Simple title: Looking around the circuit, Journal: Aircraft)
• Lawson, 1916, Natural prophecies (Simple title: Natural prophecies, Journal: Aircraft)
• Lawson, 1937, Lawson: Aircraft Industry Builder (Simple title: Lawson: Aircraft Industry Builder)
• Henry, 1991 (Simple title: Zig-zag-and-swirl)

References

Names	Alfred William Lawson; Alfred W. Lawson; Alfred Lawson
Birth date	03-24-1859
Death date	1954
Countries	GB, US
Locations	London; Windsor, Ontario; Detroit, Michigan; Green Bay, WI
Occupations	airplane maker, publisher
Tech areas	Airplane
Affiliations	Lawson Aircraft Corp., Fly Magazine, Aircraft
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