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| Dayton, Ohio, welcomed aviation enthusiasts to its Inventing Flight Celebration in style. | The Wright Family gathered for a picture in front of a reproduction of the flying machine their ancestors built. | Senator John Glenn, surrounded by family and friends, listened to details about the intricacies of EAA’s 1903 Wright Flyer during his visit to the Countdown to Kitty Hawk Pavilion. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Marching bands and street performers were just a few of the attractions to be seen at Celebration Central on Deed’s Point in downtown Dayton. | Inventing Flight’s logo “The Aviator” was proudly displayed across Dayton. | Senator John Glenn was a natural when he “flew” the Wright Flyer on “Microsoft’s Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight”. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Senator John Glenn was a natural when he “flew” the Wright Flyer on “Microsoft’s Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight”. | Steven
Wright, great grandnephew of Orville and Wilbur Wright, obviously inherited some talent as he maneuvered Microsoft’s simulator through a modern day Kitty Hawk. |
However, Amanda Wright Lane, great grandniece of the Wright Brothers, probably did not inherit that same talent as she bows her head in shame while crashing shortly after take-off. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 The oldest man to ever be in space, Senator John Glenn stands next to EAA’s reproduction of the first successful powered aircraft. |
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 Statues of Orville and Wilbur Wright, explaining their concept of wing warping, greeted and bid farewell to visitor’s at Dayton’s Inventing Flight Celebration. |
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