Wright Flyer Iii
Third powered aircraft built by the Wright brothers in Dayton, Ohio. Added to the National Register in 1990, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Wright Flyer III is the third powered aircraft by the Wright Brothers, built during the winter of 1904–05. Orville Wright made the first flight with it on June 23, 1905. The Wright Flyer III had an airframe of spruce construction with a wing camber of 1-in-20 as used in 1903, rather than the less effective 1-in-25 used in 1904. The new machine was equipped with the engine and other hardware from the scrapped Flyer II and, after major modifications, achieved much greater performance than Flyers I and II.
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The record
| Property type | Structure |
| Address | Carillon Park, 2001 S Patterson Blvd., Dayton, OH |
| County | Montgomery County |
| Listed | Jun 21, 1990 |
| Reference number | 90001747 |
| Type of place | Flyer |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 structures |
| Standing | Yes |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | Carillon Park, 2001 S Patterson Blvd., Dayton, OH |
| Coordinates | 39.72782, -84.20154 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park · 7 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Caesar Creek Lake 18 mi · Cj Brown Dam And Reservoir - Dam Site (Oh) 29 mi |
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Nearby in Montgomery County
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 90001747. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.