Birthplace of Flight - Huffman Prairie Flying Field, Ohio - Signs of History on Waymarking.com

This sign is near the visitor parking lot on Marl Road at the entrance to the Huffman Prairie Flying Field. The sign describes the five areas that are considered part of the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Park:

• Huffman Prairie Flying Field
• Wright Memorial on Wright Brothers Hill at the Huffman Prairie Flying Field Interpretative Center
• Wright Brothers Aviation Center
• Wright-Dunbar Interpretative Center
• Paul Lawrence Dunbar State Memorial

This sign introduces the Huffman Prairie Flying Field. It is one of many interpretative signs on the flying field.

The first airplane, The first airport. The first permanent flying
school. The Wright Brothers started them all - here in Dayton.

After their first short flights at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in
1903, Wilbur and Orville returned home to their workshop
in Dayton. They spent the next 18 months building and testing
their flying machine - striving for a fully controllable aircraft.
By the end of 1905, their machine could fly twenty miles or
more at a time.

Group that erected the marker: National Park Service URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link] Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary: Marl Road Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio USA 45433

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