On Saturday we went to Dayton & the Wright Brothers Hill Interpretive Center/Monument & viewed two movies about the Wright brothers and Wright Patterson AFB before touring the facility. We walked to the overlook to view WPAFB & the 84 acre pasture where the brothers learned to control & maneuver their powered machine & learned to fly. While there we were able to watch a hugh air force cargo plane scream over us & 4 fighters doing touch & goes.
We then drove to the Huffman Prairie Flying Field & walked around the worlds first airport. There is a replica of the trolley car station that the brothers used to commute from their Dayton home, & replica's of their second hanger & catapult they developed to launch their plane regardless of wind direction. After their first straight flight at Kitty Hawk all the rest of their development was done here. This was a very enjoyable afternoon, we had the field all to ourselves, no other visitors.
After this we drove just south of Dayton to meet Judy's niece Diane along with Pat & Josh. We had a very nice leisurely dinner and visit with them. We all were caught up on the Kipf family happenings.
Today we went to church, grocery shopped on the way home & now that all the weekenders & their kids have left are enjoying a very & empty campground!
