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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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| wright-brothers.org is based in Dayton, Ohio, the home of
the Wright Brothers and the birthplace of aviation. We’re an organization of aviation
enthusiasts who have come together to share information on early aviation and to help the
world celebrate the Centennial of Flight in 2003. Our mission is simple: Tell
the story of the Wright Brothers. To that end, we have four projects, three
of which we hope to accomplish before 2003: |
First Flight Memorial in downtown Dayton, Ohio. |
Create
a Virtual Museum
To build and maintain a site on the World Wide Web to provide information
about the Wright Brothers and early aviation history for people of all ages and levels of
interest. This will also provide a means for aviation scholars, institutions, and
enthusiasts around the world to publish and share information. |
Home page (deja vu?) |
Rescue a Historical Treasure
To fill the gaps in the history of early aviation and the aerospace industry by
purchasing the Wright Company documents, the records of Wilbur and Orville Wright’s
airplane manufacturing business, which operated from 1909 to 1915. These are now in the
hands of a private collector, and are in danger of being broken up and sold at auction. To
preserve the information intact, we will purchase the complete records for the Paul
Laurence Dunbar Library at Wright State University, so they can be shared with the public
for the first time. |
The incorporation papers of the Wright Company. |
Build
and Fly Wright Aircraft
The best way to tell the story of the Wright brothers is to
use Wright aircraft. To this end, we have
launched an educational program called The Spirit of Dayton Project. This
program revolves around the replicas of three Wright flying machines:
 | The 1902 Wright Glider, which has become the centerpiece in a
portable museum of early aviation that tours to schools and museums. |
| The 1903 Wright Flyer, which will enable children all over
North America to participate in its construction. |
| The 1905 Wright Flyer 3, a flying reproduction which will
become the heart of a living museum of the Wright brothers reminiscent
of Huffman Prairie. |
We are also the hub of a confederation of American builders who are
building and demonstrating replica Wright aircraft. Dana Smith of
Wright Recreations, who is spearheading The
Flight of the Fin Fiz, is part of our confederation, as is John
Reynolds, who has built a working copy of the 1903 Wright Flyer 1. |
Our reproduction of 1902 Wright Glider.
And here's what it looks like surrounded by kids at one
of our school visits.
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Build
a Working Museum
Eventually, to build a working museum of pioneer aviation —
Huffman Prairie 2 — to show and fly some of
the aircraft that were built by the Wright brothers.
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Huffman Prairie 1, now part of Wright-Patterson Air
Force Base. |
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