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
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December 17, 1903First Powered Flight
Orville and Wilbur Wright
*Telegram image courtesy of the Library of Congress
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Orville and Wilbur Wright’s original patent for their “flying
machine,” 1903.
*Image courtesy of the Library of Congress
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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
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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?
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Historic March FieldCirca 1930
Planes flying over March Field with a map of the area
Circa 1930
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Military Training Planes, 1935 Military training planes, 1937
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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?
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Mission Inn Fliers WallPresent day
Eddie Rickenbacker adding his wings to the Fliers Wall in 1942
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Amelia EarharT had her wings added to the fliers wall in 1936
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Buzz aldrin2009
Charles Lindbergh1994
The Tuskegee Airmen 2o12
Some famous aviators that have wings on the Fliers Wall