Ohio got it wrong LOL

[Paul Taylor]

Saw this in the news.



You see what’s wrong?


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[Dwayne Donnelly]

I had to google it, when looking at the pic I had no idea the plane  was pulling the banner so I didn't see what was wrong.

[Brett Buck]

I had to google it, when looking at the pic I had no idea the plane  was pulling the banner so I didn't see what was wrong.

    I am not sure that this was intended to be a banner being "pulled" either, it may just be poorly-conceived title. Either way, it seems to be poorly done.

     On the other hand, it does appear to be a Wright Model A which in fact was the first practical and fully-controllable airplane and was test flown in Ohio, rather than the Kitty Hawk Flier. So they got that about right, at least.

      Brett

[Gerald Arana]

Saw this in the news.



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Yes The plane "can't" push a banner. 

Jerry

[Peter in Fairfax, VA]

https://www.whio.com/news/local/somethings-not-wright-banner-attached-wrong-side-wright-flyer-new-ohio-license-plate/TPHUQHHGCRDLHE6SXRYIVUUTBI/

[John Park]

In years to come, the incorrect plates will probably become collectors' items. I believe there's an insanely valuable misprinted postage stamp, showing a biplane flying inverted - I think it was in the days when nobody had yet attempted a loop!

[dave siegler]

Didnt know the wright flier was a 3d airplane and could fly backward towing a banner.

[Steve Dwyer]

Brett,

It is a major point of contention between Ohio and North Carolina who the rightful title of first flight belongs. Much has been written on this and it is said:

 "In Dayton, they proved that powered flight was practical; at Kitty Hawk, they proved that it was possible," says Bob Petersen, a park ranger at the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park.

An historical article claims Dayton was a bed of machine shops and welders providing a natural for the brothers to fabricate their design that made it's first "sustained powered" flight at Kitty Hawk. They returned to Dayton and made numerous "first long term" flights at nearby Huffman Field.

Steve

[Dan McEntee]

  I have not read a biography on the Wrights in a long, long time. I do seem to remember that they tried some early glider experiments in Ohio but could not find a place with favorable winds that they thought they needed. All of their design work, fabrication and developments took place in Ohio in my view, and that is where all of their significant progress was made. In my opinion, the seed of aviation may have germinated at Kitty Hawk, but it sprouted and grew in Dayton, Ohio. And that is not taking in any of the claims and controversy concerning Gustave Whitehead and any contributions that he way have had.
   Type at you later,
    Dan McEntee

[Perry Rose]

The story finally made the papers here. Something like 35,000 plates made before the mistake was noticed. They didn't say how many got issued.