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Air history
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Hear Dan Patterson's aviation heritage
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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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May 1, 2013
National Park Service official tours Wright Company factory buildings
A National Park Service official toured the Wright Company factory site Tuesday, April 30, the highest-ranking park service official so far to tour the place where America's aerospace industry was born.
Patty Trap, deputy regional director for the park service's Midwest Region, said the project to restore the first American factory built for the purpose of aircraft production has drawn the park service's attention.
"This has caught our eye and our interest," she said after the hour-long tour of the buildings, which are a part of the former Delphi Home Avenue automotive plant. "While this project is big, we think we have the right partnership" for it to succeed.
Read NAHA's news release for more information about the Wright Company factory and Trap's visit.
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Want to learn about Air Camp?
 Air Camp is a week-long summer camp adventure in aviation and aeronautics for middle school students. It takes place at the birthplace of flight - Dayton, Ohio.
You can learn more about Air Camp on Saturday, May 4, at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. Air Camp staff will be present at the museum's Space Fest from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to talk about the program, including a new element on unmanned aircraft. See the article below about Space Fest, and visit aircampusa.com to learn more about Air Camp. |
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Wright Factory, Wright Image Group, Whitehead flap in WWI mag
 WWI Aero, an e-magazine published by the nonprofit World War I Aeroplanes Inc., features the Wright Company factory restoration and Wright Image Group's Wright Flyer Icon project in its May issue.
The issue's extensive contents also include a public exchange of letters between John Brown and Tom Crouch over Brown's claims that Gustave Whitehead flew before the Wright brothers. Crouch, senior curator of aeronautics at the Smithsonian Institution, is also a NAHA trustee.
Based in Red Hook, NY, World War I Aeroplanes publishes its magazine as a downloadable PDF document. It's also available in printed form using print-on-demand technology. Visit ww1aeroinc.org for more information or to order the issue.
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Don't miss Space Fest on May 4
 The National Museum of the United States Air Force has scheduled a multitude of exciting space-related activities from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 4.
The museum, Dayton Challenger Learning Center and other partner organizations will offer hands-on activities for all ages, including special appearances by astronauts, a 5K fun run/walk and 1-mile kids' race, a Sun-Gaze with telescopes, a sneak peek into NASA's first space shuttle Crew Compartment Trainer, aircraft cockpit look-ins, musical performances by area bands, hands-on activities, model rocket building and launching, and much more.
Admission to most activities is free. Visit nationalmuseum.af.mil for more information.
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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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