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- Wright Brothers 1904 Flyer over Huffman Prairie near Dayton, Ohio, November 15, 1904 - Following their successful flights at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, in December 1903, the Wright brothers made further test flights closer to home. They flew at Huffman Prairie, an open field some eight miles northeast of their bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio. The Wrights devised a catapult system to help launch their airplanes in the field's comparatively calm winds.
- November 15, 1904
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Wright Brothers 1904 Flyer over Huffman Prairie near Dayton, Ohio, November 15, 1904
Following their successful flights at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, in December 1903, the Wright brothers made further test flights closer to home. They flew at Huffman Prairie, an open field some eight miles northeast of their bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio. The Wrights devised a catapult system to help launch their airplanes in the field's comparatively calm winds.
- W. F. Gerhardt and Cycleplane, McCook Field near Dayton, Ohio, 1923-1924 -
- 1923-1924
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W. F. Gerhardt and Cycleplane, McCook Field near Dayton, Ohio, 1923-1924
- Georges de Bothezat in His Helicopter at McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio, 1923-1924 - The search for a practical helicopter was difficult, particularly because of the challenges in controlling such an aircraft. In 1922 Russian-American inventor Georges de Bothezat, with funding from the U.S. Army, produced a four-rotor craft capable of vertical takeoff but limited in its horizontal motion. Convinced that de Bothezat's design was unworkable, the Army canceled the project in 1924.
- 1923-1924
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Georges de Bothezat in His Helicopter at McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio, 1923-1924
The search for a practical helicopter was difficult, particularly because of the challenges in controlling such an aircraft. In 1922 Russian-American inventor Georges de Bothezat, with funding from the U.S. Army, produced a four-rotor craft capable of vertical takeoff but limited in its horizontal motion. Convinced that de Bothezat's design was unworkable, the Army canceled the project in 1924.