The First Airport

The First Airport (HM1A1M)

Location: Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433 Greene County
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Country: United States of America
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N 39° 48.417', W 84° 3.767'

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Huffman Prairie Flying Field

— Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historic Park —

If you walk past these trees, you can visit the cradle of aviation—84 acres of ordinary pasture where Wilbur and Orville Wright taught themselves to fly.

In 1904, the Wrights knew they had to coax more from their brainchild than their 59-second straight-line hop at Kitty Hawk. For aviation to take its next steps, they needed a convenient, private place a flying field closer to home.

It took eighteen months of bumps, crashes and creative problem solving here to learn how to safely launch, land, turn, and bank. By the end of 1905, the Wrights had a flying machine that was no longer a balky mechanical toddler, but a graceful, fully functional creature of the air.
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HM NumberHM1A1M
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Placed ByNational Park Service
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Date Added Friday, October 10th, 2014 at 4:37pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 751444 N 4410459
Decimal Degrees39.80695000, -84.06278333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 48.417', W 84° 3.767'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 48' 25.02" N, 84° 3' 46.02" W
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Area Code(s)937
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 144 Marl Rd, Wright-Patterson AFB OH 45433, US
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