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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:
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Welcome
to Expeditions. From here, you can take a virtual trip
to visit historic sites, museums, and people who can tell you more about the
Wright brothers and the earliest days of flight.
Note: There's not
much to see here just yet. This section is currently under construction.
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Country is a travelogue of all the museums, historical sites, libraries, and monuments where you
can go to learn more of the Wright story.
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Click
on a picture to enlarge it.
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.
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| The Wright People
lists the individuals and institutions who help to tell the story of the Wright brothers
through lectures, demonstrations, activities, publications, video, theater, and
other media. You'll also a find a list of organizations that you might join (like first-to-fly.com!)
if you want the hear more of the Wright story or help to tell it.
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Nick Engler tours a full-sized replica of the 1902
Wright Glider to schools and museums, using it to teach children about the
Wright brothers, innovation, and aeronautics.
Betty Darst does a delightful impersonation of Katherine Wright
and tells the Wright history from a woman's point of view.
Howard DuFour, co-author of "Charles E. Taylor: The Wright Brothers'
Mechanician", figured out how Taylor built the Wright Flyer engine by
building one himself.
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