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Huffman Prairie Flying Field lies to the right of Huffman Dam, a long earthen barrier that is one of five retarding basins built by the Miami Conservancy District after the catastrophic 1913 flood. Along with many miles of riverbank levees, the dam protects downtown Dayton from future inundation. Because the land behind the dam can go underwater if the Mad River rises, and because active Air Force runways are nearby, Torrence Huffman's pasture has never been developed. Visitors can therefore see the oldest of all flying fields much as the Wright brothers would have known it in the early years of the 20th century.
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