Postcard showing a photo of the first airplane to land in Battle Creek, 1911 Caption on front: With warm regards for Battle Creek L. W. Bonney Wright Aviator First Aeroplane Flight at Battle Creek, Mich. Aviator Bonney in Wright Aeroplane July 3, 1911. Written on back: Don't you wish you could have a ride in this? You ought to of been to B.C. the Fourth to of seen this big aeroplane.