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|   Huffman Prairie
in Wikipedia Entries Located in Area C of Wright-Patterson AFB, the Huffman Prairie Flying Field site was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1990 and is one of the four sites which together form the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park. posted by:  nomadwillie location: Ohio date approved: 12/26/2009 last visited: 05/31/2023 |
 view galleryNW1 km |  Huffman Field - Fairborn OH
in U.S. National Register of Historic Places Located in Area C of Wright-Patterson AFB, the Huffman Prairie Flying Field site was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1990 and is one of the four sites which together form the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park. posted by: nomadwillie location: Ohio date approved: 03/06/2009 last visited: 05/31/2023 |
 view galleryNW1 km |  Wright Brother Hill - Dayton, Ohio
in Olmsted Designed Parks From the Olmsted Research online Guide, Wright Brothers Hill was designed in 1938-1940 as job number 09519. It is also known as Wright Memorial Park. posted by: DougK location: Ohio date approved: 06/02/2015 last visited: 05/31/2023 |
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|  Wright State University Water Tower - Dayton, Ohio
in Water Towers This white water tower is located on the Wright State University campus. The school name and an image of the Wright Flyer appear in black on the white water tower. posted by: DougK location: Ohio date approved: 09/21/2014 last visited: 06/25/2016 |
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|  Huffman Prairie - Dayton Aviation - Dayton, Ohio
in NPS Passport Cancellation Stations Three exceptional men from Dayton, Ohio, Wilbur Wright, Orville Wright and Paul Laurence Dunbar, found their creative outlet here through accomplishments and failures, and finally success. However, these men offered the world something far greater, they offered the world hope, and the ability to take a dream and make it a reality. posted by: nomadwillie location: Ohio date approved: 10/29/2008 last visited: 02/27/2023 |
 view galleryW1.1 km |  Dayton Aviation Heritage NHP - Dayton, OH
in National Parks (U.S.) Three exceptional men from Dayton, Ohio, Wilbur Wright, Orville Wright and Paul Laurence Dunbar, found their creative outlet here through accomplishments and failures, and finally success. posted by: nomadwillie location: Ohio date approved: 02/10/2009 last visited: 05/31/2023 |
 view galleryW1.1 km |  Final Honors-Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park - Fairborn OH
in Signs of History To perfect a flying machine was nothing short of a miracle. Dayton's two most famous sons were soon hailed throughout the world for making the ancient dream of flight a reality. posted by:  Don.Morfe location: Ohio date approved: 02/28/2023 last visited: 06/13/2023 |
 view galleryW1.3 km | Hangar at Huffman Prairie Flying Field - Dayton, OH in Signs of History This is one of four markers surrounding the Wright Brothers Memorial. The plaque points and tells where the hangar was that the Wrights used at the Huffman Prairie Flying Field. posted by: DougK location: Ohio date approved: 10/30/2011 last visited: 05/31/2023 |
 view galleryW1.3 km | Pioneer Flyers Who Trained at Wright Field - Dayton, OH in Signs of History This is one of four markers surrounding the Wright Brothers Memorial. This marker lists 119 early aviators who were trained by the Wright Brothers. posted by: DougK location: Ohio date approved: 10/30/2011 last visited: 05/31/2023 |
 view galleryW1.3 km |  Wilbur and Orville Wright - Dayton, Ohio
in Citizen Memorials The Wright Brothers were the most memorialized Americans in the 20th century. This magnificent monument stands on Wright Brothers Hill overlooking Huffman Prairie, where the Wrights perfected their knowledge and flying machines. posted by: DougK location: Ohio date approved: 10/29/2011 last visited: 05/31/2023 |
 view galleryW1.3 km | Wright Field - Dayton, OH in Signs of History This is one of four markers surrounding the Wright Brothers Memorial. This marker describes the importance of Wright Field, then and now. posted by: DougK location: Ohio date approved: 10/30/2011 last visited: 05/31/2023 |
 view galleryNW1.3 km | Biplanes to Rocket Science-Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park - Dayton OH in Signs of History 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. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Ohio date approved: 02/28/2023 last visited: 06/13/2023 |
 view galleryW1.3 km | Mound Builders - Dayton, OH in Signs of History This is one of four markers surrounding the Wright Brothers Memorial. This marker describes how mound builders once inhabited this area and its importance to them. posted by: DougK location: Ohio date approved: 10/30/2011 last visited: 05/31/2023 |
 view galleryNW1.3 km | Cow Pasture to Flight School-Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park - Dayton OH in Signs of History After their success at Kitty Hawk, the Wright brothers returned to Dayton, looking for a "flying field" closer to home, they relocated to the rough pasture of Torrence Huffman's farm. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Ohio date approved: 02/28/2023 last visited: 06/13/2023 |
 view galleryW1.3 km | In Case of Floods ...Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park - Dayton OH in Signs of History 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. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Ohio date approved: 02/28/2023 last visited: 06/13/2023 |
 view galleryNW1.3 km |  Cow Pasture to Flight School, Fairborn, OH
in 'You Are Here' Maps Overlook sign at The Wright Brothers Memorial near Dayton, OH, overlooking a field that they used for their early flight experiments. posted by: kbarhow location: Ohio date approved: 05/06/2016 last visited: 05/31/2023 |
 view gallerySE1.3 km |  Turning Points - Dayton, Ohio
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures Turning points is a large abstract sculpture near University Hall at Wright State University. The sculpture appears in several different views on pages at the WSU web site. posted by: DougK location: Ohio date approved: 09/22/2014 last visited: never |
 view galleryW1.3 km |  Buckeye Trail over Wright Brothers Hill - Dayton, OH
in North Country Trail The Buckeye Trail is part of the North Country Scenic Trail. This section over Wright Brothers Hill is clearly marked with blue blazes. posted by: DougK location: Ohio date approved: 10/19/2011 last visited: 05/06/2016 |
 view gallerySE1.4 km | Divisions - Dayton, Ohio in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures Divisions is an abstract art piece made from twisted steel i-beams and 150 year-old wood beams. It resides in an amphitheater-like setting on the campus of Wright State University. posted by: DougK location: Ohio date approved: 09/22/2014 last visited: never |
 view gallerySE1.4 km | Double Helix - Dayton, Ohio in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures Double Helix is an abstract sculpture designed to look like the spiral of a DNA molecule. It’s located in front of Diggs Hall on the Wright State University campus. posted by: DougK location: Ohio date approved: 09/22/2014 last visited: never |
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| 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 galleryNE1.9 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 gallerySE1.9 km |  Wright State University - Dayton, Ohio
in Universities and Colleges Originally founded as a branch campus of The Ohio State University and Miami University, Wright State became an independent institution in 1967. posted by: DougK location: Ohio date approved: 09/22/2014 last visited: 10/15/2016 |
 view galleryNE1.9 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 galleryNE1.9 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 |
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