Up... Up… And Away! The Mission Inn, Riverside, and Aviation History
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Up... Up… And Away!The Mission Inn, Riverside, and
Aviation History
December 17, 1903First Powered Flight
Orville and Wilbur Wright
*Telegram image courtesy of the Library of Congress
Orville and Wilbur Wright’s original patent for their “flying
machine,” 1903.
*Image courtesy of the Library of Congress
A postcard from Wilbur to his brother, Orville, 1908.
What do you think Wilbur meant in his note to his brother?
“I’ll tie a string to you next time to keep you from going too high or too far. Its too much trouble to break your
records.” ~Will
*Image courtesy of the Library of Congress
Frank Miller, the founder of Riverside’s Mission Inn Hotel, helped bring March Field to
Riverside in 1918.
Have you ever visited march air force base?
Historic March FieldCirca 1930
Planes flying over March Field with a map of the area
Circa 1930
Military Training Planes, 1935 Military training planes, 1937
Frank Miller’s daughter and son-in-law (DeWitt and Allis Hutchings) were very interested in
flight, and they created the Mission Inn Fliers’ Wall.
above: Dewitt Hutchings with a very famous pilot. Can you name this famous pilot?
Mission Inn Fliers WallPresent day
Eddie Rickenbacker adding his wings to the Fliers Wall in 1942
Amelia EarharT had her wings added to the fliers wall in 1936
Buzz aldrin2009
Charles Lindbergh1994
The Tuskegee Airmen 2o12
Some famous aviators that have wings on the Fliers Wall