Up... Up… And Away! The Mission Inn, Riverside, and Aviation History

December 17, 1903 First Powered Flight Orville and Wilbur Wright *Telegram image courtesy of the Library of Congress

Orville and Wilbur Wright’s original patent for their “flying machine,” *Image courtesy of the Library of Congress

A postcard from Wilbur to his brother, Orville, 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

Frank Miller, the founder of Riverside’s Mission Inn Hotel, helped bring March Field to Riverside in Have you ever visited march air force base?

Historic March Field Circa 1930 Planes flying over March Field with a map of the area Circa 1930

Military Training Planes, 1935Military training planes, 1937

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?

Mission Inn Fliers Wall Present day Eddie Rickenbacker adding his wings to the Fliers Wall in 1942

Amelia EarharT had her wings added to the fliers wall in 1936

Buzz aldrin 2009 Charles Lindbergh 1994 The Tuskegee Airmen 2o12 Some famous aviators that have wings on the Fliers Wall