Dayton Innovation Legacy

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The Wright Brothers ~ In Flight includes 1908-1909 flights in the United States, France and Italy – as well as the first motion pictures taken from an airplane. Motion pictures helped convince early skeptics that human flight was real. © 2009 Martel Art >Credits

What were some of the game-changing ideas that still make Dayton Dayton? ...A belief that progress is possible, and, therefore, that change is welcome.

—Fred Bartenstein, ‘Real NCR’ can’t be moved, Dayton Daily News, June 4, 2009 >>Read the article

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Edward Deeds, Charles Kettering, and Orville Wright, Edward Deeds and “Boss Kett” chat in the Engineers Club, with a brief cameo by the reclusive Wright brother in this 1935 film clip. Courtesy of the NCR archive at Dayton History. >> More

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John L. Janning
“You NEVER want to fall in love with the first idea you come up with.” Inventor John L. Janning perfected the liquid crystal display (LCD) and invented the thermal printing wafer. A self–educated high school dropout, John Janning epitomizes creativity and learning through experience. >More

Charles Otterbein Adams
Charlie Adams has lived Dayton history for nearly a century. One of the “Flood Twins” who survived the 1913 flood, Charlie relates firsthand experiences with electric cars, Orville Wright’s last airplane, and a lesson learned from Kettering. >More

Neal V. Loving
“I guess I have a history of people telling me what I can’t do. So far they’re all wrong.” Inspired by Charles Lindbergh and driven by a lifelong passion for airplanes, aviation pioneer Neal V. Loving overcame adversity, racism, and disability. >Neal V. Loving

Zoe Dell Lantis Nutter
Zoe Dell Lantis Nutter has helped make air travel more practical and safe for over 70 years, as a pilot, promoter, business executive and philanthropist. >More

Arthur Morgan
View dramatic film footage from the 1913 Dayton flood and Arthur Morgan’s innovative response. >More

The Wright Brothers
Orville Wright helped invent powered flight, then lived to see the supersonic age. After his brother Wilbur’s untimely death, Orville made his own significant contributions to aviation. >More

Hardy Trolander
Listen to Hardy’s thoughts on the value of “pigheadedness” and how his love of tinkering led to world-changing inventions. >More

Edward A. Deeds
Electrical Engineer and Co-founder of Delco, Frigidaire, the Miami Conservancy District, McCook Field, and many other organizations including the Engineers Club of Dayton. >More

Arthur Morgan
Water Control Engineer, designer of the five Dayton area dams for the Miami Conservancy District, President of Antioch College, first chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority. >More

Charles F. Kettering
Inventor of the electric automobile starter, co-founder of DELCO electronics, head of research for General Motors, co-founder of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and co-founder, with Edward Deeds, of the Engineers Club of Dayton. >More

A multimedia resource about Dayton

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Dayton Innovation Legacy reveals the stories and strategies of Dayton Innovators through multimedia. This website helps educate students, uncover local history, build local pride and inspire today’s innovators.