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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2IS_in-case-of-floods_Dayton-OH.html
Huffman Prairie Flying Field lies to the right of Huffman Dam, the long earthen barrier you see below. The dam is one of five 'retarding basins' built by the Miami Conservancy District after the catastrophic 1913 flood. This dam, along with many m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2IR_cow-pasture-to-flight-school_Dayton-OH.html
Look two miles beyond this overlook to see a true cradle of aviation. The flags you see far below outline the pasture that became the first airport in history. After their success at Kitty Hawk, the Wright brothers returned to Dayton, looking f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2IQ_biplanes-to-rocket-science_Dayton-OH.html
Here, on Wright Brothers Hill, on all sides you are surrounded by the vast research complexes and runways of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Problem solving done here since 1917 has taken aviators from Huffman Prairie Flying Field to the moon and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2HG_final-honors_Dayton-OH.html
The Wright brothers were the most memorialized of Americans in the 20th century. Of all their countrymen, only Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln have inspired commemorative zeal to match.Wright biographer Tom Crouch To perfect a flying machine…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2HA_huffman-prairie-flying-field_Wright-Patterson-AFB-OH.html
Huffman Prairie Flying Field, a unit of the Dayton Heritage National Historic Park, is the site where Wilbur and Orville Wright flew and perfected the world's first practical airplane, the 1905 Wright Flyer III, after their first flights in Kitty …
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