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Wright Brothers Memorial Benchmark Geocoin The "Wright" Stuff II -- geocoin

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Owner:
Hauk_Wolfseye Send Message to Owner Message this owner
Released:
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Origin:
Virginia, United States
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Current Goal

My journey will begin with a visit to Kitty Hawk, NC, with my owner where I will visit the Wright Brothers Memorial

Primary Mission: To visit and be photographed at as many aviation historical sites and aircraft as possible.

About This Item

The "Wright" Stuff II

The "Wright" Stuff is actually a "Wright Brothers Memorial Benchmark" Geocoin.

Although currently a resident of Virginia, I was born and raised in eastern North Carolina where every license plate said "First In Flight."

Because of this, this coin spoke directly to my heart with the mission quite obvious ... wanting it to honor that first flight as well as touch on the history of aviation by visiting sites associated with that history.

** Please note this is a real geocoin, not a copy.

----From CoinsandPins.com----

Wright Brothers Memorial Benchmark geocoin

The Wright Brothers Memorial has two benchmarks: Wright 1962 benchmark, PID FW1375,; and Wright Memorial Monument benchmark, PID FW1374. Both are located at the top: one is a disk, and the other is the very top of the beacon light housing. Both benchmarks are depicted on the front of this coin. It also has the coordinates for each one. The top coordinates are for the disk, and the bottom coordinates are for the beacon. It also has an image of the Wright Flyer. All three of these images are made in wonderfully detailed 3-D craftsmanship.

The back of the coin has a highly detailed 3-D image of the Art Deco door. This door is at the base of the memorial and leads you to the stairs that take you to the top of the memorial where the benchmarks are located. Also on the backside is the commemorative phrase wrapped around the door in a similar manner of how it is engraved in stone around the actual memorial.

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Discovered It 8/6/2013 Tilly4399 discovered it   Visit Log

Discovered at The Final Approach as ISPI was retrieving it! Thanks for sharing!

Retrieve It from a Cache 8/6/2013 ISPI retrieved it from *Final Approach* Mississippi   Visit Log

Picked up this really cool TB this afternoon. A perfect TB to be present within this cache, I'll be holding this for about 2 weeks and dropping it off in Texas.

Discovered It 8/5/2013 Subdue discovered it   Visit Log

Super cool coin that we discovered appropriately in Final Approach

Dropped Off 8/4/2013 Tolin Troop placed it in *Final Approach* Mississippi - 32.97 miles  Visit Log
Grab It (Not from a Cache) 5/8/2013 Tolin Troop grabbed it   Visit Log

We found this Wright Brothers Memorial Benchmark at "Welcome to Saucier". This benchmark wasn't even listed as being in there, so not sure how it ended up there.
We came home to log it but it kept showing up as not listed/registered. We weren't sure what to do and then it hit me...maybe that "O" is really a "0". HA!! ...it worked!! So glad it is listed since this is such a nice benchmark. We will move this along shortly. Thanks for sharing such a lovely coin.

Grab It (Not from a Cache) 4/21/2013 elwatkins! grabbed it   Visit Log

Found at Egg-stra ordinary

Dropped Off 4/9/2013 czamacona placed it in #moonrising Mississippi - .36 miles  Visit Log
Visited 4/9/2013 czamacona took it to Stennis Launch Pad Mississippi - 40.75 miles  Visit Log
Visited 4/9/2013 czamacona took it to Exit 44 Stop and Trade Mississippi - 12.78 miles  Visit Log
Visited 4/9/2013 czamacona took it to Funions Mississippi - 9.84 miles  Visit Log
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