The Wright Seaplane Base
After Wilbur Wright died in 1912, Orville Wright continued to develop and fly airplanes for the Wright Company. Orville flew seaplanes along this part of the Great Miami River from 1913 to 1914. This area had three . . . — — Map (db m172016) HM
From 1944 to 1999, this was the site of Woody's Market started by the late Woodrow W. Bowman. The Market grew from a one-person open-air produce stand to a 500-employee, 100,000 square foot full-service shopping center open 24 hours, 7 days a week. . . . — — Map (db m28555) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m172018) HM
Here on the Miami River in 1913, Orville Wright made the first successful takeoff and landing from water in a Wright Model C airplane fitted with a pontoon. Rivers and lakes could provide no-cost runways for seaplanes, unimpeded by such obstacles . . . — — Map (db m82150) HM
