The Dayton-made Wright Flyer III now just needs governor approval to become the official state airplane of Ohio, following Wednesday’s 85-0 House vote on Senate Bill 24.
The Flyer III, designed and built by Wilbur and Orville Wright, set flight duration and distance records near Dayton in 1905.
Unlike the brothers’ first Flyer, which was the first manned aircraft to take flight in 1903, the Flyer III was a steerable craft that became the blueprint for the emerging aircraft industry…