Wright Brothers go the wrong way: Ohio bungles new license plate

We all enjoy a tale of governmental ineptitude, especially when it involves an error by a DMV: Ohio's new license plate design depicts the Wright Brothers plane towing a banner. However, the plane is backwards.

In fairness, the error is almost understandable. Somebody in the bowels of state bureaucracy experienced a common misunderstanding that has made a few visitors to the National Air and Space Museum scratch their heads: The 1903 Wright Flyer's design has a small set of elevators in front that are normally in the tail on a modern airplane. And it's a push prop design — the propeller is behind Orville Wright's feet in this photo, as he lies alongside the 12-horsepower engine: