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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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elcome to our Adventure Wing. In this museum wing, you'll find:

Will & Orv's Workshop shows you how to build flying machines from the earliest days of aviation. So far, Wright Brothers Aeroplane Company volunteers have researched and built several replica Wright aircraft -- the 1878 Wright "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. Will & Orv's Workshop The Box Experiment The 1899 Wright Kite The 1900 Wright Glider The 1901 Wright Glider The 1901 Wright Wind Tunnel The 1902 Wright Glider Plans & Blueprints Model Kits Pioneer Models	Assembling the 1902 Wright glider frame. Covering a wing. Squaring and aligning the glider wings.
Our Virtual Hangar is where we keep the airplanes that our members have built.  Not literally, of course -- since our membership is far-flung, so are the airplanes. But we've taken lots of photos of each aircraft from every conceivable angle, zooming in on the interesting details, so you can do a virtual "walk-around." For some aircraft, we also show shots of our test flights. Virtual Hangar 1899 Kite Replica 1900 Glider Replica 1901 Glider Replica 1902  Glider Replica 1903 Flyer Replica 1910 EX Replica 1911 "Vin Fiz" Replica Exhibitions	Our 1900 Wright Glider, about to be launched from a sand dune near Kitty Hawk, NC. "Taxi tests" with our 1902 Wright Glider at Huffman Prairie, near Dayton, OH. The cockpit of the 1911 "Vin Fiz."
Expeditions lets you explore other pioneer aviation museums and historic sites. We take you on a virtual tour, and in some instances we show you a few things that are not ordinarily shown to the public. Expeditions Dayton, Ohio Kitty Hawk Greenfield Village Back to the top	The monument on Kill Devil Hill, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

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.