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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:

	Alexander's Ragtime Band Irving Berlin 1911
	Aviation Rag Mark Janza 1905
	Maple Leaf Rag Scott Joplin 1909
	St. Louis Rag Tom Turpin 1903
	Waiting for the Robert E. Lee Gilbert/Muir 1912

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lthough the Wright Brothers worked in Dayton, Ohio, their story takes us all over America and across two oceans. They grew up in Indiana, Ohio, and Iowa. They tested their airplanes in North Carolina and demonstrated them in Virginia, New York, France, Germany, and Italy. They set up flying schools in Maryland and Alabama, and helped others along in Texas and the Philippines. Companies produced Wright aircraft in Ohio, France, Germany, and England, selling them on three continents. You'll find plaques and monuments marking Wright-related historic sites over a good portion of the globe. And because every airplane flying today can trace its ancestry back to the Wright gliders and Flyers, the Wrights figure prominently in many aviation museums and libraries. Consequently, there are a good many "Wright places" where you can experience a little of the Wright story. We've collected as many as we could find here, and have included maps and other information to help you find them. Some, we've simply listed on our Wright Places page. Others, we've had the time to prepare a guide tour complete with photos.	The refurbished monument at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. A reproduction of the 1904-05 Wright hangar at Huffman Prairie, near Dayton, Ohio. The Wright home and bicycle shop, now preserved at Greenfield Village, part of the Henry Ford Museum near Detroit, Michigan.
Dayton, Ohio, where the Wrights lived and worked for most of their lives boasts many historic sites and museums, including Huffman Prairie (where the Wrights developed the first practical airplane) and Carillon Park (where the first practical aircraft is on display).	Wildflowers at Huffman Prairie. The launching derrick is in the background.
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, where the Wrights tested their aeronautical theories and made the first few sustained, controlled flights in a powered aircraft.	A reproduction of the 1903 Flyer 1 in the museum at Kitty Hawk.
Greenfield Village, at Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, where the original Wright home and Wright Cycle Shop are preserved.	Inside the Wright Cycle Shop at Greenfield Village.

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Like all good scholars, we don't pretend to have all the answers, and we're constantly searching for new information or ways to make our exhibits better and more accurate. We also welcome Wright scholars and enthusiasts who would like to participate. If you have information that we should include, or want to add to what's already here, please write. Address your comments to mailto:[email protected].
Last updated: August 28, 2006.