The Wright Brothers in Montgomery, Alabama, 1910
by
Julie Hedgepeth Williams
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
In 1910, Orville and Wilbur Wright opened the first US civilian flight school in Montgomery, Alabama. The Wright Brothers hoped to find a climate warmer and more hospitable to flying than their company base of snowy Dayton, Ohio, even as forward-thinking Montgomerians heralded the school as a way...