Should go north to Camden NY.  They have a 'wooden boat museum' there.  At one time they had a wooden flight trainer that was essentially a one-legged hydrofoil that was towed behind a speedboat.  The student pilot would sit in the top of it and control the underwater surfaces with a 'stick'.  They could learn the basics of maintaining level 'flying' above the surface of the water and banking left and right to turn.  Bit of a precursor to this flight trainer.  I believe it was also a 'Link' trainer.