The airframe was made from scrap timber collected from a sawmill,[4] with the flying surfaces covered in cotton.

[6] Inspired by the Wright Brothers[4][7] and pioneering European aviators,[4] Epps first conceived of the design at the age of sixteen.

[8] In 1907, he built the aircraft in the workshop of his bicycle, electrical contracting, and automobile repair business on Washington Street, Athens.

[9] In his 2016 book "To Lasso the Clouds," and his 2017 article published in Air & Space Magazine, Dan A. Aldridge Jr. documents how this plane actually first flew in 1909, not 1907.

[10] The Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum in Titusville, Florida has a replica of the aircraft on display.