Author: Don Adams

The Wright B Flyer Inc. Museum will be closed on Thursday, July 4, 2013 in celebration of the USA’s 237th birthday. The Museum will reopen on Saturday, July 6. We wish you all a safe and happy 4th of July.

After long delays for maintenance and modifications, the Wright “B” Flyer began orientation flights on Tuesday, June 25.  Six new Honorary Aviator members took orientation flights that morning.

The Wright “B” Flyer Look-alike will open the Vectren Dayton Air show on Saturday, June 22 and Sunday, June 23 with flyovers.  After those flights it will be on static display.

The volunteers of the Wright B Flyer Inc. are saddened by the passing of Marion Davis Wright on Thursday, May 16, 2013.  She was the widow of Wilkinson “Wick” Wright, the great-nephew of Wilbur and Orville Wright, and the step-mother

The spring 2013 edition of the Wright Landings newsletter is now available for reading and/or download.  Hover over the “News” menu item and select “Newsletters” from the drop-down menu or click here.

The Wright B Flyer Inc participated in the Grand Opening of the new Kroger store at Austin Landing just north of our Museum/Hangar.  Our Half-Scale model and our restored 1916 Ford Model T were on display their.  In addition, our simulator

The Winter 2013 edition of our newsletter, Wright Landings, is available for viewing.  Select “Newsletters” from the “News” drop-down menu or Click Here.

This scholarship was established by the National Aviation Heritage Alliance (NAHA) to honor the memories of the two Wright B Flyer pilots and engineers lost in an aircraft accident in July 2010. The first award of this scholarship was made immediately