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NothingLikeCoffee t1_jdu9412 wrote

Reply to comment by Stinkyclamjuice15 in Historic Wright Brothers airplane factory damaged in large fire by honey-badger-hunbot

That's why there's the whole Ohio/NC fight over the "First in flight" and "Birthplace of aviation". As a native Ohioan I am obliged to view Ohio as the one who deserves it because 99% of the work was done in Ohio. It just happened to be NC that had a beach they could use at the end.

I think we can both agree though that Connecticut's claim to have flights before both of our states is completely wrong.

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Ericovich t1_jdv8og2 wrote

As a Daytonian, arguing over the Wright Brothers will start a fight.

You can't travel through the city without seeing their sites. Their graves are near the highest point in the city. Their flying field is part of Wright-Patterson AFB. Hell, Wright Field has the National Museum of the USAF.

It's deeply ingrained in our local history.

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beanthebean t1_jdvxup4 wrote

My ex from high school lived across the street from their mansion! Very ingrained for anyone growing up in that area.

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TheBoctor t1_jdwoniu wrote

Plus, Ohioans have a long and storied history of being willing to do basically anything to get away from Ohio.

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The_Fry t1_jdxhrg3 wrote

It has a high likelihood of death, are you sure you want to go to space?

Well, if it gets me out of Ohio….

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Girth_rulez t1_jdx55fv wrote

> a native Ohioan I am obliged to view Ohio as the one who deserves it because 99% of the work was done in Ohio.

That's just flat out wrong. The Wright Brothers travelled to (and lived in) Kill Devil Hills for 3 years. The first controlled three axis flights, both powered and unpowered happened at that place. Without the strong, steady winds on that beach the invention of flight would have looked very different indeed.

I will not downplay the role of the work they did in Ohio but trying to claim that it deserves the "first in flight" badge is a very tough argument to make.

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