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The first aircraft mechanic
FreightWaves via Yahoo Finance· 6 months agoThe Wright brothers are famous for their contributions to the aviation industry, but one man is responsible for the engine that powered them. The post...
Air Force 75th anniversary: See how Wright-Patterson played pivotal role
Springfield News-Sun, Ohio via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSep. 18—Though the Air Force celebrates its 75th anniversary today, the history of what led to that 1947 milestone arguably started in Dayton. And without the efforts of generations of Daytonians ...
How the cast of 'Painkiller' on Netflix compares to the real-life people they play
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA side-by-side image of Matthew Broderick as Richard Sackler on Netflix's "Painkiller," and Richard...
History captured in Wright Brothers’ photographs
FreightWaves via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoThe Wright Brothers are two of the most influential people in history, changing not only transportation but the entire world with their flying machine....
Amanda Flower returns with a sister of a tale | Book Talk
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 4 months agoKatharine Wright, younger sister of Wilbur and Orville Wright, shouldn’t have time to solve a...
The brief but shining life of Paul Laurence Dunbar, a poet who gave dignity to the Black experience
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA 1902 portrait of Paul Lawrence Dunbar. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty ImagesPaul Laurence Dunbar was...
Southern hospitality and steady winds: What made North Carolina the ‘first in flight’ choice 120...
WNCN via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe Wright Brothers were innovators since childhood, and on that day — with the help of some North...
Today in History: The Wright Brothers’ first flight
WFLA via Yahoo News· 5 months agoOn Dec. 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright of Dayton, Ohio, conducted the first successful manned powered-airplane flights near Kitty Hawk, North...
Dayton's history in flight: Inventions and milestones go well beyond the Wright brothers
Dayton Daily News, Ohio via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 29—Whether you're from Dayton or not, we all know about the Wright brothers. But not even Orville and Wilbur could have imagined the many feats of greatness spurred by the invention of ...
Future of Wright Company factory in Dayton questioned after large fire
WHIO via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThere are all kinds of questions about what is next for the Wright Brothers’ first factory after...