view gallery N0.2 km | Wright-Patterson AFB - Dayton, OH in Airports This Air Force Base is named after the Wright brothers, who used the Huffman Prairie portion of what became Wright-Patterson as their testing ground, and Frank Stuart Patterson, son and nephew of the co-founders of National Cash Register. posted by: DougK location: Ohio date approved: 10/22/2011 last visited: 05/18/2017 |
view gallery E1.9 km | Fairborn Theater, Fairborn, OH in Vintage Movie Theaters Part of the Chakeres chain, the Fairborn opened in 1948. posted by: Wallyum location: Ohio date approved: 06/03/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery E1.9 km | IOOF Neon, Fairborn, OH in Neon Signs Former IOOF neon sign. I have never seen it glow. posted by: kbarhow location: Ohio date approved: 04/11/2016 last visited: 12/30/2016 |
view gallery E1.9 km | Fairborn Theatre Neon in Neon Signs Old marquis neon sign for a closed movie theater posted by: kbarhow location: Ohio date approved: 05/03/2016 last visited: 06/03/2022 |
view gallery E1.9 km | IOOF Mad River Lodge 243, Fairborn,OH in Odd Fellow Lodges Former lodge reportedly shut down in 2015. posted by: kbarhow location: Ohio date approved: 04/18/2016 last visited: 09/25/2020 |
view gallery SW1.9 km | Flowers Brought Flyers - Huffman Prairie Flying Field, Ohio in Signs of History This sign tells how the Wright brothers remembered this field from a school field trip. They returned years later to use it as their flying field. posted by: DougK location: Ohio date approved: 10/24/2012 last visited: 02/27/2023 |
view gallery SW1.9 km | FIRST Airport in the World, Huffman Prairie Flying Field, Ohio in First of its Kind Huffman Prairie Flying Field is where the Wright Brothers made all their serious advancements in airplane flying technology. posted by: DougK location: Ohio date approved: 10/27/2012 last visited: 02/27/2023 |
view gallery SW1.9 km | The First Airport - Huffman Prairie Flying Field, Ohio in Signs of History Huffman Prairie Flying Field was the field where the Wright Brothers taught themselves to fly. From 1904-1905 they learned to launch, land, turn and bank through curves and figure eights, and sustain flight. posted by: DougK location: Ohio date approved: 10/19/2012 last visited: 02/27/2023 |
view gallery SW1.9 km | Huffman Field - Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in U.S. National Register of Historic Places Huffman Prairie Flying Field is the site where the Wright brothers perfected their flying machine. They learned to launch, land, turn, bank, and fly in circles and figure eights. It was also home to the Wright School of Aviation. posted by: DougK location: Ohio date approved: 10/24/2012 last visited: 02/27/2023 |
view gallery SW1.9 km | Huffman Prairie Flying Field : Marker #13-29 in Ohio Historical Markers Huffman Prairie is where the Wright Brothers perfected their flying machine, learning to take off and land, sustain flight, turn left and right and fly figure eights. Many pilots came to the Wright School of Aviation and learned to fly here. posted by: DougK location: Ohio date approved: 10/31/2012 last visited: 02/27/2023 |
view gallery SW1.9 km | Trials in an Old Swamp-Huffman Prairie Flying Field - Dayton OH in Signs of History The ground is an old swamp and is filled with grassy hummocks some six inches high so that it resembles a prairie dog town. This makes tracklaying slow work. Wilbur Wright to Octave Chanute, June 24, 1904. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Ohio date approved: 03/01/2023 last visited: 03/02/2023 |
view gallery SW2.1 km | A School for Flyers - Huffman Prairie Flying Field, Ohio in Signs of History In 1910, the Wright brothers opened the Wright School of Aviation at Huffman Prairie Flying Field, near Dayton, Ohio. One hundred nineteen early pilots learned to fly here. posted by: DougK location: Ohio date approved: 10/24/2012 last visited: 02/27/2023 |
view gallery SW2.1 km | Miss that Tree! Huffman Prairie Flying Field - Dayton OH in Signs of History Here at Huffman Prairie Flying Field, the Wrights taught themselves how to bank their airship to make turns. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Ohio date approved: 03/01/2023 last visited: 06/13/2023 |
view gallery SW2.1 km | You Are Here - Commuter Flyers - Huffman Prairie Flying Field in 'You Are Here' Maps Wilbur and Orville Wright rode a trolley here almost every day during 1904 and 1905. The Interurban electric trolley made it possible for the Wright brothers to haul tools, materials and parts for their flying machine here to Huffman Prairie. posted by: DougK location: Ohio date approved: 10/19/2012 last visited: 06/06/2015 |
view gallery SW2.1 km | Commuter Flyers - Huffman Prairie Flying Field, Ohio in Signs of History Wilbur and Orville Wright rode a trolley here almost every day during 1904 and 1905. The Interurban electric trolley made it possible for the Wright brothers to haul tools, materials and parts for their flying machine here to Huffman Prairie. posted by: DougK location: Ohio date approved: 10/19/2012 last visited: 02/27/2023 |
view gallery SW2.1 km | You Are Here - Birthplace of Flight - Huffman Prairie Flying Field in 'You Are Here' Maps This "You Are Here" sign is part of the Birthplace of Flight sign at the Huffman Prairie Flying Field. posted by: DougK location: Ohio date approved: 10/19/2012 last visited: 03/02/2023 |
view gallery SW2.1 km | Birthplace of Flight - Huffman Prairie Flying Field, Ohio in Signs of History The first airplane, The first airport. The first permanent flying school. The Wright Brothers started them all - here in Dayton, Ohio. posted by: DougK location: Ohio date approved: 10/19/2012 last visited: 03/02/2023 |
view gallery SW2.1 km | "Higher, Orville, Higher" - Huffman Prairie Flying Field, Ohio in Signs of History The Wright brothers never flew together at a request from their father, Milton. After six+ years of flying, Orville did take his father up for a flight together. posted by: DougK location: Ohio date approved: 10/24/2012 last visited: 06/06/2015 |
view gallery SW2.1 km | Follow the Flight Path - Huffman Prairie Flying Field, Ohio in Signs of History This sign depicts the catapult launch and flight path taken by the Wright brothers around the Huffman Prairie Flying Field, near Dayton, Ohio posted by: DougK location: Ohio date approved: 10/24/2012 last visited: 02/27/2023 |
view gallery SW2.3 km | A Starting Device - Huffman Prairie Flying Field, Ohio in Signs of History A replica of the catapult used to launch the Wright flying machine is built on location at the Huffman Prairie Flying Field near Dayton, Ohio. posted by: DougK location: Ohio date approved: 10/24/2012 last visited: 02/27/2023 |
view gallery SW2.3 km | They Had Done It! - Huffman Prairie Flying Field - Dayton OH in Signs of History As spring weather improved in 1905, the Wright brothers were back here at the flying field every day, hard at work. They put up a hanger, and readied their new machine. Steering was the last great riddle. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Ohio date approved: 03/02/2023 last visited: 06/13/2023 |
view gallery E2.3 km | Arby's, Broad St. - Fairborn, OH in Arby's Restaurants This is the Broad St. location for Arby's in the town of Fairborn, Ohio. posted by: silverquill location: Ohio date approved: 02/01/2009 last visited: 05/18/2017 |
view gallery NE2.3 km | Water Tower - Fairborn, OH in Water Towers This water tower is located in Fairborn, Ohio, on the edge or Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and near the fabulous Air Force Museum, near Dayton. posted by: silverquill location: Ohio date approved: 11/07/2009 last visited: 05/18/2017 |
view gallery E2.4 km | KFC - Broad St. - Fairborn, OH in Kentucky Fried Chicken/KFC Restaurants This Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant is located on Broad St. in Fairborn, Ohio. posted by: silverquill location: Ohio date approved: 01/15/2008 last visited: 05/18/2017 |
view gallery E2.4 km | Fairborn, OH 45324 in U.S. Post Offices This is the post office for the town of Fairborn, Ohio. posted by: silverquill location: Ohio date approved: 01/17/2008 last visited: 05/18/2017 |
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