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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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| Although
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. You might also check out this page at the Henry Ford
Museum web site: http://www.hfmgv.org/histories/wright/places.html.
These folks have also collected Wright Brothers sites.
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Wilbur flies into the sunset near Pau, France.
Learning to fly in Alabama in 1910.
A Wright Model C on pontoons at the U.S. Signal Corps Flying School in the
Philippines.
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| 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. |
| If you know of a site or museum that we have missed, please tell us about
it. Better yet, take some photos and send them to s, along with your impressions of the
place. We'll include it in our exhibits and give you credit for it. Contact us at mailto:[email protected]. |
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