Wright Company
American
Architect - AsNotedIn
| Notable Position | Person | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Partner | Wilbur Wright | 1909 | 1912 |
| Partner | Orville Wright | 1909 | 1915 |
| Draughtsman, head of Engineering Department | Benson Russell Shaw | 1916 | 1917 |
Architect - AsNotedIn
| Notable Position | Person | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Partner | Wilbur Wright | 1909 | 1912 |
| Partner | Orville Wright | 1909 | 1915 |
| Draughtsman, head of Engineering Department | Benson Russell Shaw | 1916 | 1917 |
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1910/00/00 | The Wright Exhibition Team, the "Wright Fliers" who demonstrate Wright aircraft, rent an office on the thirteenth floor. Bishop Milton Wright previously worked at United Brethren publishing business at this site. | Work | United Brethren Publishing House | Dayton, OH | |||
| 1910/03/00 | Chosen by Wilbur Wright, the brothers establish a training area on cotton fields west of Montgomery for Wright-Fliers, an exhibition team organized to promote the Wright brothers' new airplane company, The Wright Company. | Begun | Maxwell Air Force Base | Alabama | |||
| 1910/05/00 | The Wright brothers close their Montgomery flying field and relocate to Huffman Prairie in Dayton, Ohio. | Operators | Maxwell Air Force Base | Alabama | |||
| 1915/10/15 | Orville Wright sells his interests in the Wright Company with plans to stay with the company for a year as a consulting engineer. | History | |||||
| 1915/10/25 | Orville Wright signs over the Wright patents to the Wright Company. On the same day, Orville deposits $257,910.94 (c $7,117,141.07 in 2022) in his savings account at Winters National Bank in Dayton. | History | |||||
| 1916/00/00 | After returning in 1910, the Wright Company uses Huffman Prairie Flying Field as a testing ground, flying school, and home to their exhibition team. The Wright Company ceased use of the flying field in 1916. | Operators | Huffman Field | Fairborn |
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