Near West Carrollton in Montgomery County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Wright Model G Seaplane
Photographed by Craig Baker, April 19, 2021
1. Wright Model G Seaplane Marker
In autumn 1913, the Wright Company announced the Wright Model G Aeroboat. Partially the brainchild of Grover Loening, a promising young engineer hired by Orville Wright that summer, the Model G of 1913-1914 was designed to compete with the lucrative Curtiss Model F.
It featured a boat-like fuselage as well as wingtip floats for stability in the water and was tested on this stretch of the Great Miami River by Loening, Wright, and Oscar Brindley. The Wright aircraft differed from Curtiss' design by its drastically different nose and tail shapes, its slightly larger size and lighter weight, and its use of a sixty-horsepower six-cylinder engine.
The Wright Company declared their Aeroboat a perfect adaptation for sportsmen traveling over water, and Orville allegedly found it suitable for air mail routes in remote environments.
The U.S. Navy purchased the first Wright G production model, but never added the aircraft to its fleet. Overall, the Model G sold poorly, and the Wright Company continued its decline following Wilbur Wright's death in 1912. Orville continued to run the Wright Company until 1915, but was not interested in running a company without his brother and sold the Wright Company in 1915 for $500,000.
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Location. 39° 40.954′ N, 84° 13.844′ W. Marker is near West Carrollton, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It is on Marina Drive 0.4 miles east of Crossover Street. Walk down the Great Miami River Recreation Trail, 500 feet past the Veterans of Foreign Wars parking lot. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5449 Marina Dr, Dayton OH 45449, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s Dayton Metro and in the Miami Valley. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Vietnam Veterans Memorial (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Veterans of Foreign Wars Veterans Memorial (about 500 feet away); Veterans of Foreign Wars Hammond Memorial Post 3438 (about 500 feet away); The Wright Seaplane Base / Wright Model G "Aeroboat" (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Miami-Erie Canal (approx. Ό mile away); Moraine Veterans Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Woody's Market (approx. 0.7 miles away); Historic Blanchard Avenue (approx. 0.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in West Carrollton.
Another marker is no longer nearby. Wright Seaplane Base (was here, next to this marker but has been confirmed missing).
Photographed by Craig Baker, April 19, 2021
2. Wright Model G Seaplane Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on April 28, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 27, 2021, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. This page has been viewed 419 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 27, 2021, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
