The Ezekiel Airship was an early experimental aircraft conceived, designed, and built by the Baptist minister Burrell Cannon, an experienced sawmill operator born in 1848 in Coffeeville, Mississippi.

In the 1980s, a full-size replica of the Ezekiel Airship was built and initially displayed in the Pittsburg Hot Links Restaurant until 2001, when it was moved to its present location in the city's Northeast Texas Rural Heritage Center and Museum.

Described as a "Renaissance man in an industrial age", Cannon had a strong command of engineering principles and held patents for six different inventions, including designs ranging from marine propellers to windmills to cameras.

Claimed by some to have spoken eight different languages, Cannon preached "on the side" in a number of small East Texas towns before turning his attention to human-powered flight in the late 1890s.

"[2] The aircraft design featured a three-part wing made of fabric that measured 26 feet (7.9 m);[1] it was powered by four sets of paddle wheels that were driven by a four-cylinder gasoline engine, while the pilot sat at the center of the machine.

[7] On an unspecified Sunday in 1902,[1][8] the Ezekiel Airship is claimed to have flown in Pittsburg, Texas, a year before the Wright Flyer flew at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

[1] The destruction of the airship caused Cannon to give up on it as a specific project, but it did not deter him from continuing to tinker and invent; 10 years later, he built a second aircraft that was ultimately destroyed during testing.

[5] In 1986 and 1987, a full-size replica of the Ezekiel Airship was built by local craftsman Bob Lowery and the Pittsburg Optimist Club, based largely on a single surviving photograph.