Wright Flyer III piloted by Orville Wright over Huffman Prairie, 4 October 1905

The base is named after the Wright brothers, who used the Huffman Prairie portion of what became Wright-Patterson as their testing ground, and Frank Stuart Patterson, son and nephew of the co-founders of National Cash Register.

Wishing to recognize the contributions of the Patterson family ( owners of National Cash Register ) the area of Wright Field east of Huffman Dam ( including Wilbur Wright Field, Fairfield Air Depot, and the Huffman Prairie ) was renamed Patterson Field on July 6, 1931, in honor of Lt. Frank Stuart Patterson, who was killed in 1918 during a flight test of a new mechanism for synchronizing machine gun and propeller, when a tie rod broke during a dive from, causing the wings to separate from his Airco DH. 4.

Its aviation history, however, began in 1904-1905 when Wilbur and Orville Wright used an plot of land, known as the Huffman Prairie Flying Field, for their experimental test flights.

They returned to the Huffman Prairie Flying Field in 1910 to operate a pilot training school-The Wright Company School of Aviation-and a flight exhibition company.

The lease included the Huffman Prairie Flying Field.

It used the money to purchase of land northeast of Dayton, including Wilbur Wright Field and the Huffman Prairie Flying Field.

It included the Fairfield Air Depot and the Huffman Prairie Flying Field.

** From Huffman Prairie to the Moon, Part 1

The Wrights continued flying at Huffman Prairie near Dayton, Ohio in 1904 – 05.

The Municipality of Chatham-Kent currently consists of the communities of Appledore, Arkwood, Bagnall, Baldoon, Bates Subdivision, Bearline, Beechwood, Blenheim, Botany, Bothwell, Bothwell Station, Bradley, Briarwood Estates, Cedar Springs, Charing Cross, Chatham, Clearville, Coatsworth, Croton, Darrell, Dawn Mills, Dealtown, Dover Centre, Doyles, Dresden, Duart, Eatonville, Eberts, Electric, Erie Beach, Erieau, Fargo Station, Fletcher, Florence, Glenwood, Grande Pointe, Guilds, Highgate, Holiday Harbour, Huffman Corners, Jeannette, Jeannette's Creek, Kent Bridge, Kent Centre, Lake Morningstar, Louisville, McKay's Corners, Merlin, Mitchell's Bay, Morpeth, Muirkirk, Mull, New Scotland, North Buxton, North Thamesville, Northwood, Oldfield, Oungah, Ouvry, Pain Court, Palmyra, Pardoville, Pinehurst, Port Alma, Port Crewe, Prairie Siding, Quinn, Raglan, Renwick, Rhodes, Ridgetown, Ringold, Rondeau, Rondeau Bay Estates, Selton, Shrewsbury, Sleepy Hollow, South Buxton, Stevenson, Stewart, Thamesville, Thornecliffe, Tilbury, Troy, Tupperville, Turin, Turnerville, Valetta, Van Horne, Vosburg, Wabash, Wallaceburg, Wheatley, Whitebread and Wilson's Bush.

Wishing to recognize the contributions of the Patterson family, the area of Wright Field east of Huffman Dam ( including Wilbur Wright Field, Fairfield Air Depot, and the Huffman Prairie ) was made a separate air station and renamed Patterson Field on 6 July 1931, in honor of Lt. Patterson.

The flight lasts for almost 39: 23 minutes at Huffman Prairie in Dayton, Ohio.

" and guitar to the Half Smiles of the Decomposed tracks " Girls of Wild Strawberries " and " Huffman Prairie Flying Field " the latter of which was the final track on the album.

On October 5, 1905 Wilbur made a circling flight of 24 miles ( 38. 9 km ) in 39 minutes 23 seconds, over Huffman Prairie, longer than the total duration of all the flights of 1903 and 1904.

Ohio 50 State Quarters | 50 State Quarter features the 1905 Wright Flyer III built and flown in Ohio, as shown in the famous photo from Huffman Prairie

Huffman Prairie, also known as Huffman Prairie Flying Field or Huffman Field is part of Ohio's Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park.

In 1910, the Wright Company placed its testing operations at Huffman Prairie Flying Field ; the Wright Company also operated its Wright Flying School on the site.

The associated Huffman Prairie Flying Field Interpretive Center is located about 2 miles ( 3. 2 km ) from the flying field near the Wright Memorial, on a hilltop overlooking Huffman Prairie and other parts of the Air Force Base.

Huffman Prairie Flying Field was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1990, and added to the U. S. World Heritage Tentative List as part of the Dayton Aviation Sites listing in 2008.

The Dayton indie rock band Guided by Voices has a song called " Huffman Prairie Flying Field " on their 2004 album Half Smiles of the Decomposed.

Between 1925 and 1927, modern new facilities were built on the portion of Wright Field west of Huffman Dam to house all of the functions being relocated from old McCook Field.

This happened on July 1, 1931, when the portion of Wright Field east of Huffman Dam was redesignated " Patterson Field " in honor of Lieutenant Frank Stuart Patterson.

To solve the problem, the portion of Patterson Field from Huffman Dam through the Brick Quarters ( including the command headquarters in Building 10262 ) at the south end of Patterson Field along Route 4 was administratively reassigned from Patterson Field to Wright Field.

Huffman coding is the most known algorithm for deriving prefix codes, so prefix codes are also widely referred to as " Huffman codes ", even when the code was not produced by a Huffman algorithm.

David Huffman ( 10 May 1945 – 27 February 1985 ) was a character actor with many television, film and stage credits.

He was married to award-winning casting director Phyllis Huffman until he was murdered in 1985.

Huffman was murdered by a thief in San Diego, California.

Huffman was set to begin work on the television miniseries North and South the following week.

By 1991, it was relatively easy to produce gram-sized samples of fullerene powder using the techniques of Donald Huffman, Wolfgang Krätschmer and Konstantinos Fostiropoulos.

A performer may also have had their stage name chosen for them by their agent ( such was the case with Barbara Eden, born Barbara Jean Huffman ).

Bonnie Huffman, a 20-year-old schoolteacher, was found murdered in a ditch just outside of Delta on July 2, 1954.

Almost immediately after Boyer was shot, a 31-year-old student named Devereau Huffman fell wounded beside a hedge.

* Daniel Huffman, gained fame in 1996 after donating a kidney to his grandmother and who was the subject of the 1999 television movie Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story.

The first European settlers arrived in 1797 and the village was founded in 1831 by David Huffman, who originally named it New Paris.

Tekoa was first settled in 1886 by David A. Huffman and George T. Huffman.

Critical reaction to Brandy was generally positive, with Allmusic writer Eddie Huffman declaring Brandy " a lower-key Janet Jackson or a more stripped-down Mary J. Blige [...] with good songs and crisp production.

In 1986, of the natural portion of the Huffman Prairie was designated as an Ohio Natural Area.

* National Park Service Huffman Prairie site

* 1990 — Wolfgang Krätschmer, Lowell Lamb, Konstantinos Fostiropoulos, and Donald Huffman discovered that Buckminsterfullerene can be separated from soot because it is soluble in benzene.

* 1990 Robert Huffman

He has served as the Franz Lehár Composer in Residence at the University of Pittsburgh ( 2007 ), twice as Composer in Residence for the Princeton University Atelier ( 1998, 2005 ); as Artist in Residence at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas ( 2000 – 2002 ); Sigma Chi-William P. Huffman Composer in Residence at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio ( 1999 – 2000 ); Artist in Residence at Baylor University, Waco, Texas ( 1998 – 1999 ); on the musical studies faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music ( 1996 – 1998 ); as an Associate Professor at Bard College ( 1988 – 1997 ); as a Visiting Professor at the City College of New York ( 1997, 1993 – 1994 ); and as a Lecturer in Music at New York University ( 1988 – 1990 ).