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Rick Smith
News 5 (Cleveland, OH) ABC-tv
Friday, October 22, 2021 12:51 PM
From wrong to Wright — BMV fixes plane facing wrong direction on new Ohio license plate
By: Ian Cross
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine unveiled the new standard Ohio license plate at a news conference Thursday morning, and observant Ohioans quickly pointed out that the “Birthplace of Aviation” banner streaming from the Wright Brothers’ plane flying atop the new design is attached to the front of the plane, not the back. Shortly after the mistake was pointed out, the Ohio BMV confirmed the error in the design and said that the correct design will be reflected on all new plates issued to drivers.
The original design was unveiled by Gov. DeWine Thursday at about 10 a.m.
Ohio BMV
An image of the new Ohio standard license plate design.
The new “Sunrise in Ohio” design draws heavily from the state seal, but at the top of the plate is an element inspired by a previous plate: an illustration of the Wright Brothers’ historic plane, which made its first flight from Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in 1903.
Ohio BMV
An enlarged image of the top of the new Ohio license plate, showing the banner streaming from the front of the Wright Flyer.
plate
Gov. DeWine and the Ohio BMV unveiled the new standard Ohio license plate Thursday morning, and shortly after released a fixed design after many pointed out that something wasn't quite 'Wright' with the first one.
We are aware that the plane on the new Ohio license plate unveiled this morning was oriented in the wrong direction. We regret this mistake and have fixed the image. This is the correct design that will be reflected on all new plates issued to Ohio drivers.
The new “Sunrise in Ohio” design draws heavily from the state seal, but at the top of the plate is an element inspired by a previous plate: an illustration of the Wright Brothers’ historic plane, which made its first flight from Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in 1903.
Ohio BMV
An enlarged image of the top of the new Ohio license plate, showing the banner streaming from the front of the Wright Flyer.
In the Wright Brothers’ design, the plane’s elevators are on the front of the plane, not the back, as they would be in future plane designs. The banner reading “Birthplace of Aviation” – recognizing Ohio as the Wright Brothers’ home state – streamed out from the plane as if it was behind it, but was actually attached to the front.
John T. Daniels/AP
Orville Wright, lying at the controls on the lower wing, pilots the Wright Flyer on the first powered flight by a heavier-than-air aircraft, Dec. 17, 1903, at Kitty Hawk, N.C. In the moments before going airborne, his brother, Wilbur Wright, watching right, guided and steadied the plane as it accelerated along the starting rail at left. (AP Photo/Library of Congress, John T. Daniels)
A few hours after the presentation for the new plate, and after many on social media pointed out the mistake, the Ohio BMV posted an image of the corrected design, stating that it will be reflected on all new plates issued to Ohio drivers.
On Friday, a BMV representative confirmed that the 35,000 plates that had already been printed at the Lebanon Correctional Facility will be recycled. They said it is too early to know if there will be any additional cost due to the mistake.
This incident may remind stamp collectors of one of the most famous errors in American philately — the “Inverted Jenny,” a 1918 U.S. postage stamp in which the image of a Curtiss JN-4 airplane was printed upside-down. One such stamp was sold at auction in 2016 for $1.35 million.
Kathy Willens/AP
This photograph shows an "Inverted Jenny," a 1918 stamp stolen in 1955 featuring an airplane printed upside-down, that was officially handed over to the Pennsylvania-based American Philatelic Research Library during a press conference at the World Stamp Show, Thursday, June 2, 2016, in New York. The FBI turned the stamp over to the APRL's president Thursday during a press conference in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Time will tell if any “Inverted Wright Flyer” plates see the light of day, and if they too end up garnering high value on the auction block.
Don
On Oct 25, 2021, at 2:35 PM, Rick Smith <rsmit...@comcast.net> wrote:
News 5 (Cleveland, OH) ABC-tv
Friday, October 22, 2021 12:51 PM
From wrong to Wright — BMV fixes plane facing wrong direction on new Ohio license plate
By: Ian Cross
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine unveiled the new standard Ohio license plate at a news conference Thursday morning, and observant Ohioans quickly pointed out that the “Birthplace of Aviation” banner streaming from the Wright Brothers’ plane flying atop the new design is attached to the front of the plane, not the back. Shortly after the mistake was pointed out, the Ohio BMV confirmed the error in the design and said that the correct design will be reflected on all new plates issued to drivers.
The original design was unveiled by Gov. DeWine Thursday at about 10 a.m.
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Ohio BMV
An image of the new Ohio standard license plate design.
The new “Sunrise in Ohio” design draws heavily from the state seal, but at the top of the plate is an element inspired by a previous plate: an illustration of the Wright Brothers’ historic plane, which made its first flight from Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in 1903.
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Ohio BMV
An enlarged image of the top of the new Ohio license plate, showing the banner streaming from the front of the Wright Flyer.
plate
Gov. DeWine and the Ohio BMV unveiled the new standard Ohio license plate Thursday morning, and shortly after released a fixed design after many pointed out that something wasn't quite 'Wright' with the first one.
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We are aware that the plane on the new Ohio license plate unveiled this morning was oriented in the wrong direction. We regret this mistake and have fixed the image. This is the correct design that will be reflected on all new plates issued to Ohio drivers.
The new “Sunrise in Ohio” design draws heavily from the state seal, but at the top of the plate is an element inspired by a previous plate: an illustration of the Wright Brothers’ historic plane, which made its first flight from Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in 1903.
<image002.png>
Ohio BMV
An enlarged image of the top of the new Ohio license plate, showing the banner streaming from the front of the Wright Flyer.
In the Wright Brothers’ design, the plane’s elevators are on the front of the plane, not the back, as they would be in future plane designs. The banner reading “Birthplace of Aviation” – recognizing Ohio as the Wright Brothers’ home state – streamed out from the plane as if it was behind it, but was actually attached to the front.
<image004.jpg>
John T. Daniels/AP
Orville Wright, lying at the controls on the lower wing, pilots the Wright Flyer on the first powered flight by a heavier-than-air aircraft, Dec. 17, 1903, at Kitty Hawk, N.C. In the moments before going airborne, his brother, Wilbur Wright, watching right, guided and steadied the plane as it accelerated along the starting rail at left. (AP Photo/Library of Congress, John T. Daniels)
A few hours after the presentation for the new plate, and after many on social media pointed out the mistake, the Ohio BMV posted an image of the corrected design, stating that it will be reflected on all new plates issued to Ohio drivers.
On Friday, a BMV representative confirmed that the 35,000 plates that had already been printed at the Lebanon Correctional Facility will be recycled. They said it is too early to know if there will be any additional cost due to the mistake.
This incident may remind stamp collectors of one of the most famous errors in American philately — the “Inverted Jenny,” a 1918 U.S. postage stamp in which the image of a Curtiss JN-4 airplane was printed upside-down. One such stamp was sold at auction in 2016 for $1.35 million.
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Kathy Willens/AP
This photograph shows an "Inverted Jenny," a 1918 stamp stolen in 1955 featuring an airplane printed upside-down, that was officially handed over to the Pennsylvania-based American Philatelic Research Library during a press conference at the World Stamp Show, Thursday, June 2, 2016, in New York. The FBI turned the stamp over to the APRL's president Thursday during a press conference in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Time will tell if any “Inverted Wright Flyer” plates see the light of day, and if they too end up garnering high value on the auction block.
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