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Where do you
wish to go?
To find specific information,
consult our Museum Guide.
Meanwhile:
How about a
little music?
We have a selection of tunes that were
popular during the first days of aviation, performed by Sue Keller, courtesy the
Ragtime Press:
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Welcome
to our Activities Wing. In this wing, you'll find:
| Will & Orv's Workshop
shows you how to build flying machines from the earliest days of
aviation. So far, first-to-fly.com volunteers have researched and built
several replica Wright aircraft -- the 1878 Wight "Bat,"
a rubber band-powered helicopter they built when they were kids; the 1899
Wright Kite, their first aeronautical experiment, and the 1902
Wright Glider, the first fully controllable aircraft. We're also collecting plans and
instructions for kites, rubber band-powered aircraft, model airplanes,
and anything else that moves through the air from the same period in
which the Wright brothers lived and worked. You will also find sources for plans and
materials.
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Assembling the 1902 Wright glider frame.
Covering a wing.
Squaring and aligning the glider wings.
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Spirit of Dayton Project is an educational
adventure in early aviation -- and you are invited to take part!. We've have put
together a portable museum of the Wright brothers --
including a full- size Wright airplane -- that we will bring to
your school, museum, or organization on request. We've also outlined a national
program in which children build a 1903 Wright Flyer 1 replica.
And we've just begun work on a flying reproduction of the 1905 Wright
Flyer 3, the world's first practical aircraft. This will become the
centerpiece in a living museum of pioneer aviation.
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This full-size reproduction of the 1902 Wright glider
was built to tour schools and museums.
Working with two other groups, we've developed a
program that will allow children across North America to participate in
the construction of a replica 1903 Flyer.
And we've begun work on a flying reproduction of the
1905 Wright Flyer 3.
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