From Balgonie SK
William Wallace Gibson created the first Canadian-built airplane.
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Born in 1876 at Dalmellington, Scotland.
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Resided in Balgonie, Saskatchewan
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Died in 1965 in San Francisco, California.


A full-scale replica of the Gibson Twin-plane at the BC Aviation Museum.
A second aircraft, the Multi-Plane (with 4 narrow sprucewood wings), is reported to have flown successfully the following year near Calgary before being wrecked in a crash.