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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

 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.

Cross Country is a travelogue of all the museums, historical sites, libraries, and monuments where you can go to learn more of the Wright story.

Cross Country

Dayton, Ohio
Kitty Hawk
Greenfield Village

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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.

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.

The Wright People

 


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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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: October 27, 2001.