US EditionWright Flyer III becomes Ohio's official state plane
- Ohio's Republican Governor Mike DeWine signed Senate Bill 24 on Wednesday.
- Lawmakers sought to recognize the Wright Brothers' contribution to aviation.
- The bill passed the Ohio House 85-0 in March, designating a state airplane.
- The 1905 Wright Flyer III, deemed 'their Tesla,' set flight records; it flew 39 minutes on Oct 5, 1905.
- Ohio adopted the Wright Flyer III, recognizing the Wrights' impact on air travel and space exploration.
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Ohio designates historic aircraft as official state airplane
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — 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 t…
‘Their Tesla’: Pioneering brothers’ Wright Flyer III is designated Ohio’s official state plane
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — 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 t…
'Their Tesla': Pioneering brothers' Wright Flyer III is designated Ohio's official state plane
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — 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 t…
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