Dayton Wright Bros Airport – Dayton, Ohio – the Birthplace of Aviation
New Wright “B” Flyer Vice-President Fred Tegarden graduated from Vanderbilt University with a Mechanical Engineering degree. He was initially employed Babcock and Wilcox where he conducted stress and performance analyses, and was coordinator with the Field Service Department. He later
Work on the New Wright B Flyer Lookalike is progressing in four areas: wing fabrication, design and construction of the propulsion system, tail boom fabrication, and configuration of the aircraft avionics and electrical system. EAA Chapter 5 (Geauga County, Ohio)
The Wings & Wheels location has been changed to the Warren County Fairgrounds in Lebanon, Ohio.
OSHKOSH, Wis.—The Wright B Flyer drew steady traffic on its fifth day of static display in the Vintage Area of the Experimental Aircraft Association’s (EAA’s) AirVenture 2015 on Wittman Airport. The Dayton-based nonprofit organization has continued to sign up EAA homebuilders
OSHKOSH, Wis.—The Wright B Flyer made its first flight in an EAA AirVenture air show Thursday afternoon, July 23—with the air show announcer riding shotgun. Danny Clisham, one of the best-known voices in the air show industry, flew in the right
OSHKOSH, Wis.—The one-of-a-kind Wright B Flyer, a flyable lookalike of the Wright brothers’ first factory-built airplane, went on display in the Experimental Aircraft Association’s (EAA’s) AirVenture Vintage Area Monday following a nonstop trip from Dayton, Ohio—by truck. Like every other airplane
NEWS For immediate release July 20, 2015 Contact: Timothy R. Gaffney Volunteer media director Phone (cell): (937) 219-8277 [email protected] Editors: Click on the photos for downloadable, high-resolution images. OSHKOSH, Wis.—The one-of-a-kind Wright B Flyer made its AirVenture debut on Monday,
NEWS For immediate release Contact: Timothy R. Gaffney Volunteer media director Phone (cell): (937) 219-8277 Email: [email protected] Editors: Click on the photo for a downloadable high-resolution image. OSHKOSH, Wis.—Wright “B” Flyer Inc.’s one-of-a-kind airplane is ready to showcase America’s aviation