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Yahoo
13-06-2025
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Wright Flyer III is now Ohio's official state airplane
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — The historic 1905 Wright Flyer III is being recognized on the state level with a new designation. Gov. Mike DeWine visited Carillon Park in Dayton Friday to sign off on Senate Bill 24, which designates the Wright Flyer as Ohio's official state airplane. The bill was sponsored by state senators Terry Johnson (R-McDermott) and Steve Huffman (R-Tipp City). High flying acts announced for 2025 Dayton Air Show The Wright Flyer III was first flown by Orville Wright on June 23, 1905. This plane is significant since it was flown in Dayton — having been tested at Huffman Prairie near Fairborn. 'The 1905 Wright Flyer III is a prime example of why Ohio is considered the heart of innovation,' said DeWine. 'Making the Wright Flyer III the official state airplane is a great way to honor Ohio's aviation heritage.' The ceremonial signing took place at the John W. Berry Sr. Wright Brothers National Museum, where the original Wright Flyer is on display. DeWine says only 20 percent of the plane has been restored, with 80 percent still being the original materials crafted by the Wright Brothers themselves. 'It's a wonderful thing to to come out here and to see it,' said DeWine. 'These two guys from Dayton, Ohio, who had a bicycle/print shop and decided that, they got inspired, that they wanted to fly and they figured it out.' The John W. Berry Sr. Wright Brothers National Museum is open daily at Carillon Park. Click here to learn more. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
13-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Wright Flyer III becomes Ohio's official plane
Jun. 13—In the shadow of the world's first practical airplane, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine recently celebrated with Wright family members legislation that makes the 1905 Wright Flyer the official state airplane. Standing in Carillon Historical Park's Wright Hall, the building designed to house the flyer, DeWine reenacted the signing of the bill, with Amanda Wright Lane and Stephen Wright — great-grandniece and great grandnephew of Wilbur and Orville Wright — looking on. Also watching was Rehn Wright Banhos, Amanda Wright Lane's grandson and a Columbus-area fourth grader. The Wright Flyer III, comprised of 80% original components, is the only airplane designated a national historic landmark and "is considered an engineering landmark, as well," said Brady Kress, president and chief executive of Dayton History. Orville Wright first flew the plane in June 1905. The Wrights used the plane to learn aerial maneuvers above Greene County's Huffman Prairie that year before ultimately restoring it for display in 1950 at Carillon Park, according to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. "The plane behind us all is considered the world's first practical airplane," Kress said. "That's what Orville Wright called it." Orville Wright wanted Wright Hall built so that the plane was held in a pit, giving onlookers a chance to see it from above. "The only way to really understand how it flies is to look down on it," Kress said. "So you have the best seats in the house." The very first Wright Flyer became part of the Smithsonian Institution's collection in 1948. It is on display today in Washington, D.C. in the National Air and Space Museum. A 1909 Wright Military flier replica can be found at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force In his remarks, DeWine emphasized that the Wrights perfected flying in Dayton and above Huffman Prairie. "I hate it to break it to our friends in North Carolina," DeWine said to laughter. "God love them. They had great wind and they had great sand. But for the Wright Brothers, we know it worked out very very well. State Sen. Steve Huffman, R-Tipp City, described himself as an enthusiastic co-sponsor of the bill. He quipped that the next step was to get a representation of the plane on the state's great seal. "The Wright Brothers don't just belong to us," said State Sen. Terry Johnson, R-McDermott, who introduced the bill. "They belong to America."
CBS News
06-04-2025
- Science
- CBS News
'Their Tesla': Pioneering brothers' Wright Flyer III is designated Ohio's official state plane
Ohio has adopted the 1905 Wright Flyer III as its official state airplane. Described as Orville and Wilbur Wright's crowning achievement, the world's first practical fixed-wing aircraft made its seminal sustained flight in an Ohio cow pasture called Huffman Prairie, outside Dayton. A grandniece to the pioneering Ohio brothers, Amanda Wright Lane, testified in February that the 1905 plane was "their Tesla," and represented the beginning of a human flight plan to Mars. Wright Lane noted that NASA's experimental Martian helicopter, Ingenuity, succeeded using what officials called Wright-like flights. The space agency subsequently named its air strip on Mars "Wright Brothers Field." "Present-day Ohio engineering ingenuity was a part of that Ingenuity mission. Why wouldn't we adopt the Wright Flyer III as an inspiring symbol of the genesis of human flight?" she said. "Ohioans lessened the distances between world peoples 125 years ago, and currently, Ohioans are lessening the distances in space." The Wright Flyer III featured a host of improvements to the Wright Flyer I, the plane in which the Wrights pioneered powered flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on Dec. 17, 1903. Those included a larger rudder, a vertical stabilizer relocated rearward and separate yaw and roll controls, the Ohio History Connection's Kevin Boehner told the committee. Choosing the plane as Ohio's designee glances past the state's long-running dispute with North Carolina over which can rightly call itself the "birthplace of aviation": the one where the Wrights did their inventing, or the one where they flew. Republican Gov. Mike DeWine signed its new state designation into law Wednesday. The plane, designated a historic landmark, can be seen at Dayton's Carillion Historical Park .
Washington Post
03-04-2025
- Science
- Washington Post
'Their Tesla': Pioneering brothers' Wright Flyer III is designated Ohio's official state plane
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio has adopted the 1905 Wright Flyer III as its official state airplane. Described as Orville and Wilbur Wright's crowning achievement, the world's first practical fixed-wing aircraft made its seminal sustained flight in an Ohio cow pasture called Huffman Prairie, outside Dayton. A grandniece to the pioneering Ohio brothers, Amanda Wright Lane, testified in February that the 1905 plane was 'their Tesla,' and represented the beginning of a human flight plan to Mars. Wright Lane noted that NASA's experimental Martian helicopter , Ingenuity, succeeded using what officials called Wright-like flights. The space agency subsequently named its air strip on Mars 'Wright Brothers Field.' 'Present-day Ohio engineering ingenuity was a part of that Ingenuity mission. Why wouldn't we adopt the Wright Flyer III as an inspiring symbol of the genesis of human flight?' she said. 'Ohioans lessened the distances between world peoples 125 years ago, and currently, Ohioans are lessening the distances in space.' The Wright Flyer III featured a host of improvements to the Wright Flyer I, the plane in which the Wrights pioneered powered flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on Dec. 17, 1903. Those included a larger rudder, a vertical stabilizer relocated rearward and separate yaw and roll controls, the Ohio History Connection's Kevin Boehner told the committee. Choosing the later plane as Ohio's designee glances past the state's long-running dispute with North Carolina over which can rightly call itself the 'birthplace of aviation': the one where the Wrights did their inventing, or the one where they flew. Republican Gov. Mike DeWine signed its new state designation into law Wednesday. The plane, designated a historic landmark, can be seen at Dayton's Carillion Historical Park .
Yahoo
03-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Gov. DeWine signs bill designating historic state airplane
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has signed a bill designating the 1905 Wright Flyer III as the state airplane into law. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Senate Bill 24, sponsored by State Senator Terry Johnson (R-McDermott and Steve Huffman (R-Tipp City), proposed that the plane first flown on June 23, 1905, near Dayton, Ohio, be declared as the Ohio state airplane. DeWine signed the bill into law Tuesday. TRENDING STORIES: Area packaging plant to close, plans to layoff over 130 workers Off-duty park ranger credited with finding child at center of Amber Alert Zelle shuts down standalone app transfers, can still send money through banks Built by Wilbur and Orville Wright, the 1905 Wright Flyer III was the first practical airplane, capable of sustained and controlled flight. The longest flight in the Wright Flyer III took place on October 5, 1905 and lasted 39 minutes and 24 seconds. It is the only airplane in the country to be designated as a National Historic Landmark, according to Huffman in an Ohio Senate news release. The bill celebrates the Wright Brother's nationally renowned innovation at the state level. [SIGN UP: WHIO-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
