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Pilots and residents recall Medina airport's role in aviation history and local economy
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Pilots, longtime residents and veterans described Medina's aviation history — from early flights and local aircraft production to wartime service — and emphasized the airport's ongoing value for training, medical transport and a roughly $3 million annual economic impact.
Pilots, longtime residents and veterans recounted the local airport's role in aviation history and described its continuing value to Medina, saying the field has supported training, corporate flights and medical transport for decades.
Speakers at the discussion traced the community's aviation roots back to early demonstrations at Hoffman Prairie, near Dayton, Ohio, where, they said, the Wrights achieved a practical flight that could turn and return to its starting point. A speaker noted the difficulty the inventors faced winning early public credibility and recalled that initial reports were published not by Scientific American but in a…
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