WSU celebrates Wright Brothers Day

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FAIRBORN — The future of Dayton and the Miami Valley have never been more inextricably linked to the “flying machine” invented by Orville and Wilbur Wright.

“Don’t think of it as a history; think of it as a future,” said Amanda Wright Lane as she marked “Wright Brothers Day” at the university named for her great-grand-uncles. “Nothing has changed the world more than aviation.”

The celebration was organized by the Wright State University Marketing Club to recognize the day Wilbur Wright flew the Wright Flyer III on Huffman Prairie for 39 minutes — Oct. 5, 1905. He soared until the plane ran out of gas, proving extended flight was not only possible, but practical.

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