Starting up the Military Flyer engine with Wilbur Wright (fourth from left, behind engine) looking on at College Park, October 1909. Personnel are from the Army Signal Corp. Photo courtesy of the College Park Aviation Museum.

Starting up the Military Flyer engine with Wilbur Wright (fourth from left, behind engine) looking on at College Park, October 1909. Personnel are from the Army Signal Corp. Photo courtesy of the College Park Aviation Museum.

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The Wright Brothers Prove Their Worth in Arlington and College Park

Maryland
 by
Benjamin Shaw

The oldest airport in the world is 5 miles from D.C., in College Park, Maryland and Wilbur Wright was its first pilot.

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Last Updated: December 18, 2021