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The Airplane was an XB-50 trying to make it to WPAFB, but it came down in the woods on the north side of Wilmington Pike. It was probably about a half mile or so north of where 675 is now going towards Stroop Road. I remember pieces of the plane were hanging from the trees and scattered all over the field.
Speaking about airplane crashes, I was in school at Beavercreek High when the Canberra bomber broke up and a huge chunk of it crashed between the 2 wings of the high school without hitting anything. Another memory I have that I can't seem to find others remembering is that we boated and water skiied a LOT at Triangle Park from the Keowee bridge ...
Airplane at School Playground. Page: 1. Calhoun. 74 posts. Oct 03, 2012. 2:47 PM. I was telling a friend the other day I remember one of the local schools in Dayton had a jet fighter on its playground. This would have been in the early/mid 60s, seems like it was in East Dayton, or at least east of downtown.
Wright Airplane Company, Dayton —1910. In the early days of aviation, Dayton, Ohio, had a flourishing aircraft production industry. And, NCR and its employees played a significant role in this exciting new adventure. It was because of men like the Wrights, Col. Deeds, Kettering and hundreds of others who pioneered in Dayton, that the United ...
A Close Tie. This article appeared in the September-October 1970 issue of NCR World. A Close Tie. History reveals some interesting and unique ties between aviation and NCR. Dayton, Ohio, is the birthplace of the cash register and is world headquarters for NCR. Dayton also is the birthplace of aviation. It is also the home of air research and ...
Several times the airplane was put on its cradle on the track, the motor speeded up, the weight released, and the machine shot forward and left the track only to lose speed and come to the ground. Finally, Wilbur and Orville left the crowd, went out on the field by themselves, put their heads together, and evidently were having a profound ...
It will be then that the airplane and this airport will begin to serve its more useful Wright intention, and bring men, municipalities, and business closer together again in a better and bigger way than ever before. [p. 6]
The invention of the airplane stands out in bold relief when contrasted with other inventions. Generally, our inventions are developments built cumulatively upon past experiences, each succeeding one adding something to what has gone before, until finally there is the completed, successful invention.
The Bug. The Germans battered England with their buzz Bombs.. Only a handful of persons knew that this was not really a new weapon. The “Bug” story is fascinating. It’s the story of the world’s first pilotless aircraft, buzz bomb, guided missile—call it what you will. But, the “Bug” was the first.
The Wright Flyer. The 1905 Wright Flyer on display in Carillon Park, holds a distinctive place in aviation history. This is the airplane in which the Wright brothers themselves always said they really learned to fly. Some aviation authorities consider it to be an even more valuable relic than the Wright’s first powered aircraft.