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Mar 03, 2014. 8:27 AM. The Ohio State Highway Patrol invetigates all civil aircraft crashes. They too might have the information you are looking for. If you google airplane crashes 1940s-1950s, Englewood, Ohio, you'll see alot of sites with photos of crashes at and near WPAFB, including the B-26 Crash on Tuttle Ave. in the 1950s. Doug68.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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.
In 1916, the original Wright plane was exhibited at the dedication of the new buildings of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, a Regent of the Smithsonian Institution, saw the plane and expressed astonishment. It was the first he knew that it was still in existence.
The distance of more than sixty miles was covered at better than a mile a minute, then considered fast airplane speed; and the “express fee” was $5,000, or about $71.42 a pound. But within a day or two the store had a good profit on the transaction, for it sold small pieces of the silk for souvenirs, and the gross returns were more than $6,000.