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Dayton-Wright Airplane Company Photographs (MS-152)

The Dayton-Wright Airplane Company was an integral part of aviation research and development during the World War I era. The company had three plants around the Dayton area. They performed research at the South Field where they developed advanced aircraft and weapons such as the Kettering Bug; an early cruise missile. Dayton-Wright built the De Havilland DH-4, the Liberty Engine, and the Standard J-1 to support the war effort. At the end of World War I Dayton-Wright continued to develop aircraft for the military. One of the innovative aircraft that came from Dayton-Wright was the RB-1 racer which had one of the first practical and operational retractable landing gear systems. The company was headed by Harold E. Talbott, Charles Kettering, and Orville Wright and had several well know early aviators among the ranks of the engineering division. The photographs in the collection show how the De Havilland DH-4 was built and allow a glimpse at the daily operation of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company.

For more information on this collection, please view the collection finding aid or visit Wright State University Special Collections and Archives.

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  • Construction of a Dayton-Wright Airplane Company factory by The Dayton-Wright Airplane Company

    Construction of a Dayton-Wright Airplane Company factory

  • Construction of Plant 1 of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company by The Dayton-Wright Airplane Company

    Construction of Plant 1 of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company

  • Construction of the De Havilland DH-4 fuselage at the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company by The Dayton-Wright Airplane Company

    Construction of the De Havilland DH-4 fuselage at the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company

  • Construction of the De Havilland DH-4 Fuselage at the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company Plant 1, February 23, 1918 by The Dayton-Wright Airplane Company

    Construction of the De Havilland DH-4 Fuselage at the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company Plant 1, February 23, 1918

  • Construction work being done at the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company Plant 1 by The Dayton-Wright Airplane Company

    Construction work being done at the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company Plant 1

  • Cropped photograph of a De Havilland DH-4 fuselage in a Dayton-Wright Airplane Company factory by The Dayton-Wright Airplane Company

    Cropped photograph of a De Havilland DH-4 fuselage in a Dayton-Wright Airplane Company factory

  • Damaged aircraft parts at the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company by The Dayton-Wright Airplane Company

    Damaged aircraft parts at the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company

  • Damaged De Havilland DH-4 parts in a shipping crate at the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company by The Dayton-Wright Airplane Company

    Damaged De Havilland DH-4 parts in a shipping crate at the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company

 

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