International Aeroplane Club of Dayton

The International Aeroplane Club of Dayton, Ohio was founded 13 May 1909 to honor Wilbur and Orville Wright who were elected honorary members. 13 May 1909 was the day that Wilbur, Orville, and their sister Katherine returned home from their European trip to a throng of thousands in Dayton. The purpose of the club was to stimulate and foster scientific research in aeronautics, to collect literature bearing on it, and to recognize meritorious contributions or achievements by conferring suitable honors. A merger with Aero Club of Dayton was anticipated in the first half of 1911 and it appears that at that time the IACD was extinguished.

In June-July 1909, the club was said to have a membership of 520 (or 500) that included a number of prominent men of science from various parts of the country interested in the exploitation of the aeroplane. The IACD appears to have been one of the 10-12 founders of the American Aeronautical Federation, 22 June 1910, but that relationship appears short-lived as it was one of the founders of the National Council of the Aero Club of America on 23 June 1910.

The Wright Brothers made five flights in Dayton on 25 May before the members of the Dayton International Aeroplane Club, who were their guests, and some 2,000 other spectators who were also at the grounds. For the first time in their career, both Wright Brothers went up in the same aeroplane, apparently piloted by Orville, and Orville also took their 82-year old father, Bishop Milton Wright, on a six-minute flight.

Sources

• 5 Aeronautics (NYC) 12 (1909); 1909 Jane's All the World's Aircraft 251; 1910 NYT 26 May and 3 & 23-25 June; 8 Aeronautics (NYC) 110 (1911); www.centennialofflight.gov/chrono/1909.htm

Organization names	International Aeroplane Club of Dayton
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Country	US
City	Dayton, Ohio
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Scope	Local
Started aero	1909
Ended aero	1911?
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