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Wright Brothers Memorial
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The
Wright Brothers Memorial is located off of Route 444, Kauffman Road, Wright-Patterson Air
Force Base, Ohio 45433.
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The
memorial is on Wright Brothers Hill overlooking Huffman Prairie Flying Field (see Figure
1), where Wilbur and Orville Wright performed multiple test flights.
The Wright Memorial was dedicated on
August 19, 1940, which was Orville Wright's 69th birthday. |
Figure 1 |
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| " THE AREA SURROUNDING THIS HILL IS NOT ONLY INSEPARABLY ASSOCIATED
WITH THE EARLY DAYS OF THE AEROPLANE BUT CONTINUES TODAY AS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN
AVIATION ACTIVITY. WRIGHT FIELD LYING IN THE DIRECTION OF THE ARROW IS THE
HEADQUARTERS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING WORK OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY AIR
CORPS. IT IS NAMED AFTER THE WRIGHT BROTHERS AND TYPIFIES IN ITS PURPOSE THE SPIRIT
OF RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENT WHICH MARKED THEIR EFFORTS."
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