The above words, written on 7 May 1

The above words, written on 7 May 1911 by Bishop Milton Wright, Orville and Wilbur’s father, summed up Arnold’s reason for moving to Dayton, Ohio. Packing his few belongings, he bid farewell to Governors Island and the infantry, for how long he did not know. During the last week in April he arrived in Dayton, where he met up with the dashing “Tommy” Milling. After finding a place to live in town, the young lieutenants reported to the Wright flying school at Simms Station. This was nothing more than a hundred acres of pasture and one wooden hangar. Exact dates for the completion of initial ground school do not exist, but we can ascertain that they lasted no more than one week from the fact that Arnold’s first training flight occurred on Wednesday, 3 May.1