Californian Weldon B. Cooke built this biplane, the Flying Dutchman, in 1912. He stored it in Sandusky, Ohio, at the Lake Shore Electric facility located at the corner of Market Street and Columbus Avenue. Like most early aviators, Cooke raised funds for designing and constructing planes by barnstorming. Cooke died during a flying exhibition at Pueblo, Colorado, on September 16, 1914 in this plane.