Post by Peter Lewis on Mar 29, 2023 12:50:43 GMT 12
Apparently the Wright Brothers aircraft factory building has been fire-damaged:
"The historic Wright Company airplane factory in Dayton, Ohio, was significantly damaged in a fire that began early Sunday morning. The factory, which is currently managed by the National Aviation Heritage Area, was built in 1910-1911 and had “significant original building features from the time of the Wright Brothers, including the wood roof and support structure.” The cause of the fire and the full extent of the damage is not yet known."
"Known as the oldest aircraft manufacturing facility in the world, the Wright Company airplane factory produced approximately 120 aircraft before being sold by Orville Wright in 1915"
www.avweb.com/aviation-news/fire-damages-historic-wright-company-factory/?MailingID=1286
Yet if you go to Wikipedia and look up Short Bros:
"In February 1909, Shorts started construction of a new workshop on unobstructed marshland at Leysdown, near Shellbeach on the Isle of Sheppey. This had been acquired by the Aero Club for use as a flying ground, together with Mussell Manor (now known as "Muswell Manor"), which became its clubhouse. Construction of an initial batch of six aircraft was started immediately. Short Brothers thus became the first aircraft manufacturing company in the world to undertake volume production of an aircraft design."
So it would seem that Shorts beat the Wrights to this by a year.
Of course it may be safe to say that the Wrights building is the oldest surviving building.
"The historic Wright Company airplane factory in Dayton, Ohio, was significantly damaged in a fire that began early Sunday morning. The factory, which is currently managed by the National Aviation Heritage Area, was built in 1910-1911 and had “significant original building features from the time of the Wright Brothers, including the wood roof and support structure.” The cause of the fire and the full extent of the damage is not yet known."
"Known as the oldest aircraft manufacturing facility in the world, the Wright Company airplane factory produced approximately 120 aircraft before being sold by Orville Wright in 1915"
www.avweb.com/aviation-news/fire-damages-historic-wright-company-factory/?MailingID=1286
Yet if you go to Wikipedia and look up Short Bros:
"In February 1909, Shorts started construction of a new workshop on unobstructed marshland at Leysdown, near Shellbeach on the Isle of Sheppey. This had been acquired by the Aero Club for use as a flying ground, together with Mussell Manor (now known as "Muswell Manor"), which became its clubhouse. Construction of an initial batch of six aircraft was started immediately. Short Brothers thus became the first aircraft manufacturing company in the world to undertake volume production of an aircraft design."
So it would seem that Shorts beat the Wrights to this by a year.
Of course it may be safe to say that the Wrights building is the oldest surviving building.
