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Air history
on the air
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Did you miss Dan Patterson's commentary on the life of Doolittle Raider Tom Griffin? Catch it here and view pictures on WYSO Public Radiio, 91.3 FM.
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National Aviation Heritage Area
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The National Aviation Heritage Area is a part of the National Park Service's National Heritage Areas program.
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Salazar, Jarvis visit Buffalo Soldiers National Monument in Wilberforce
 Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis visited Wilberforce in Greene County on Tuesday, April 2, to celebrate the establishment of the Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument as the country's 401st national park.
Joining them were representatives from the National Park Foundation and the Trust for Public Land, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity members and local officials and community members.
The site commemorates Colonel Charles Young, a distinguished African American army officer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries who was the third African American to graduate from West Point and the first to achieve the rank of colonel.
Read more about the event at DaytonDailyNews.com and visit the national monument website at www.nps.gov/chyo. |
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National Museum of USAF works to minimize impact of sequestration
The National Museum of the United States Air Force will remain open seven days per week with free admission despite budget reductions caused by sequestration, officials said Tuesday, April 2.
The reductions will force the museum's Presidential and Research and Development Galleries to close until further notice beginning May 1. The weekly Behind the Scenes Tours of the museum's restoration area will end after the April 26 tour until further notice, and the Wings & Things Guest Lectures on April 30 and May 22 and all summer Aerospace Camps are canceled.
The Air Force Museum Foundation, whose main mission is to support the museum's growth and special events, is helping to mitigate the impact by covering utility costs one day per week from May through September. Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Richard V. Reynolds, chairman of the Foundation's board of managers, said the foundation will draw funds from business operations and investments accounts.
Ohio's largest free tourism destination, the National Museum is the world's largest and oldest military air museum. An estimated 1.2 million visitors go through the museum every year. |
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Delphi demolition will reveal Wright Company factory buildings
More of Dayton's aviation heritage is about to be revealed. Home Avenue Redevelopment LLC is set to begin demolishing buildings on the former Delphi Home Avenue plant on Tuesday, April 9.
All former Delphi buildings are to be demolished except for the historic Wright Company factory buildings-America's first purpose-built airplane factory-and attached historical buildings that are collectively known as Plant 3. As the surrounding buildings fall in the coming months, the Wright Company buildings will become visible from West Third Street and U.S. 35.
NAHA is working with Home Avenue Redevelopment, Hull & Associates Inc., the National Park Service and the city of Dayton to restore the factory buildings and preserve them as a unit of the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park. Go to visitNAHA.org for more information about the Wright Company factory buildings. |
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Pittsburgh paper spotlights Ohio's aviation heritage
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review recently spotlighted aviation heritage sites across Ohio, including the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Carillon Historical Park, Aviation Trail and units of the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, among others.
Thanks to the Dayton/Montgomery County Convention and Visitors Bureau for providing information and photo resources to Tribune-Review reporter Kellie B. Gormly. Visit triblive.com to see the online version of her story. |
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Sign up for Ohio Aviation Association's annual conference
The Ohio Aviation Association (OAA) represents airport operators and aviation interests in Ohio. Its 2013 conference will take place April 16-17 at the newly remodeled Crowne Plaza Columbus North. Scheduled speakers include Amanda Wright Lane, great-grandniece of the Wright brothers and a NAHA trustee. Go here for conference details and registration, or visit www.ohioaviation.org. |
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The National Aviation Heritage Alliance (NAHA) is a private, not-for-profit corporation designated by Congress as the management entity of the National Aviation Heritage Area. The Heritage Area encompasses an eight-county area in Ohio (Montgomery, Greene, Miami, Clark, Warren, Champaign, Shelby and Auglaize counties.) NAHA's vision is to sustain the legacy of the Wright brothers and make the Dayton region the recognized global center of aviation heritage and premier destination for aviation heritage tourism.
PO Box 414 * Wright Brothers Station * Dayton, OH 45409
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