Huffman Prairie Flying Field

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World's first airport:
Huffman Prairie Flying Field, a National Historic Landmark, is a seven-sided, 84-acre irregular pasture in which the Wright brothers perfected the airplane and created the world’s first airport after their return from Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in 1903. It is also the spot where Wilbur and Orville learned to control and maneuver their powered machine and where they taught themselves to fly during 1904 and 1905. Many of the world’s first pilots were trained here, including some of America’s first military pilots. Today, you can see a replica of the 1905 hangar and retrace the Wright brothers’ footsteps and flight path. -NPS

www.nps.gov/daav/planyourvisit/facilitysites.htm
www.ascho.wpafb.af.mil/HUFFMAN.HTM
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huffman_Prairie
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Coordinates:   39°48'14"N   84°4'2"W

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  • "Huffman Prairie Flying Field" by Robert Pollard Visit mysterious fields See them with small courage There you will come to a bird She may scream the word But if that's what you think you heard Then that's what you heard And if that's what you want to hear Then that's what I will tell you Black without warning The storm and the morning star It's look! We are angels on wires From a pregnant sky And if that's where you think you'll go Then that's where you'll go And if that's what you want to feel Then that's what I will sell you And now I've come back Translucent and peeled At Huffman Prairie Flying Field I've come to start up my head Been closed and locked up For far too long For far too long For far too long For far too long
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