Dayton-Wright Airplane Factory

Completed in 1917 as part of the newly formed Moraine Development Company owned by Adam Schantz, Colonel Edward Deeds, and Charles Kettering, the Dayton-Wright Airplane Factory stood in Moraine, where much experimental work in the history of flight was performed. With Orville Wright and H. E. Talbot, the Delco-Light building was used to manufacture the country’s first bomber, the DeHavilland DH-4. Of 4,846 planes built in the US, 3,106 were built in Moraine for use in WW I. After the war, the building was taken over for use by Frigidaire Division of General Motors.

Moraine, Ohio · United States