Commuter Flyers - Huffman Prairie Flying Field, Ohio
Posted by: DougK
N 39° 48.422 W 084° 03.849
16S E 751327 N 4410464
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.
Waymark Code: WMFGT6
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 10/18/2012
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Wilbur and Orville rode a trolley here almost
every day -except Sundays- during 1904
and 1905. It was ten miles from their West
Dayton home to this stop in the middle of what was
then open farm country. Here in the privacy of a cow
pasture, they would do some of their greatest work -
perfecting their flying machine.
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.
It is one of many interpretative signs on the flying field.