| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904/12/00 | Wilbur Wright | Inventor | Over the winter of 1904-1905, the Wright brothers construct a new aircraft, the WRIGHT FLYER III. | Wright Cycle Shop at 1127 West Third Street | The Henry Ford Museum | ||
| 1905/02/00 | Orville Wright | Inventor | The Wright brothers construct the WRIGHT FLYER III of spruce. The aircraft is equipped with the engine and other hardware from the scrapped FLYER II. | Wright Cycle Shop at 1127 West Third Street | The Henry Ford Museum | ||
| 1905/06/23 | Orville Wright | Pilot, Inventor | Orville Wright pilots the maiden flight of FLYER III. | Huffman Field | Fairborn | ||
| 1905/07/14 | Orville Wright | Pilot, Inventor | FLYER III crashes at Huffman Prairie. The accident all but wrecks the airplane, but Orville escapes with only injuries. | Huffman Field | Fairborn | ||
| 1905/10/05 | Wilbur Wright | Pilot, Inventor | Wilbur Wright pilots FLYER III for a world record of over 24 miles in 39 minutes. FLYER III can bank, turn circles and make figure-eights. | Huffman Field | Fairborn | Invention of the Powered Aeroplane | |
| 1947/00/00 | Orville Wright | Architect | Orville Wright supervises the restoration of Wright Flyer III and contributes to the design of Wright Hall, the building that houses the plane at Carillon Historical Park. | Carillon Park | Dayton, OH | ||
| 1950/06/03 | Carillon Historical Park and Wright Hall open to big crowds. | Carillon Park | Dayton, OH |
| Particulars for Wright Flyer III (plane): | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle Type | Airplane | ||
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering | ||
| Area of Significance | Aviation, Air-related | ||
| Area of Significance | Engineering | ||
| Event Category | Historic Event | ||
| Area of Significance | Invention | ||
| Level of Significance | National | ||
| Criteria | Person | ||
| Owner | Private | ||
| Disposition | Reconstructed Property | ||
| Sight Category | Structure | ||
| Area of Significance | Transportation | ||
| Other Description | Wright Flyer | ||
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