Orville Wright in flight near Montgomery in 1910. Engine and Repair Depot 3 (now Maxwell Air Force Base) was built on the former site of a flying school run by famed aviation pioneers the Wright Brothers, Orville and Wilbur.
Orville Wright, 1910
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Courtesy of Air University Office of History
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