First Flight in Georgia

Near here in 1907, nineteen-year-old Ben Epps flew a homemade monoplane he built in his Athens shop, making the first airplane flight in Georgia history.

First Flight in Georgia is a historical marker in Athens, Athens-Clarke County, erected in 2007. It is one of 105 historical markers documented in Athens-Clarke County, among 141 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.9589, -83.3769 near Athens. The nearest cataloged historic site is Georgia Theatre (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Dedicated to the Veterans of 1898 to 1902, The Athens Double-Barrelled Cannon, and First Presbyterian Church.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.