sentences:  Since then, Preston's name has been associated with this false claim and his actual work in promoting aviation is often overlooked.This claim has been repeatedly proven to be false, but the myth frequently reappears in Scottish newspaper articles and most recently in a book published in 2014 with the support of the Dundee Museum of Transport titled "The Pioneer Flying Achievements of Preston Watson" by Alistair W. Blair and Alistair Smith.He was born in Dundee, Tayside, Scotland on 17 May 1880, the son of Mr Thomas Watson of Balgowan and his wife Jane Preston.