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Ohioans:
Be a Leader
in Flight!
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Show your pride in Ohio's aerospace industry and support aviation heritage with a Leader in Flight license plate! Visit leaderinflight.org to learn more. |
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Air history
on the air
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Hear Dan Patterson's aviation heritage commentaries on WYSO Public Radio, 91.3 FM. |
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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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National brownfields conference features Wright factory project
 The Wright Company factory site is in the spotlight at Brownfields 2013, an annual national conference that opened Wednesday, May 15 in Atlanta. Principals of the company that's redeveloping the site and a Dayton economic development official are championing the project at the conference.
A feature about the Dayton Aviation Heritage Redevelopment Project also appears in the latest issue of trade journal Brownfield Renewal.
The conference presentations and journal article are evidence of the national interest the $5 million project is generating. Why so much attention? It isn't every day that a brownfield is reclaimed for a national park site.
The Wright Company factory was the first in America built for the purpose of producing airplanes. Built in 1910 and 1911, the two buildings were the nucleus of what became the 54-acre Delphi Home Avenue plant, which closed in 2008. In 2009, Congress added the Wright company buildings to the boundary of the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, which plans to restore the buildings and open them to public visitation. The buildings essentially complete the story of the Wright brothers' invention, development and commercialization of the airplane in Dayton. Today, Home Avenue Redevelopment LLC, formed by Hull & Associates of Mason, is busy demolishing all but the historic Wright Company buildings and three attached buildings that were also used to produce aircraft parts. |
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Vectren Dayton Air Show lowers prices, adds Tuskegee exhibit
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The Vectren Dayton Air Show has reduced general admission ticket prices by $3 for adults, seniors and children. Advance prices are $17 for adults and $12 for seniors and children at all Dayton/Cincinnati Kroger stores, the air show's exclusive advance ticket outlet. Air show officials previously announced free admission for active-duty military members.
The air show, a NAHA partner, also announced the June 22-23 air show will include the new Rise Above traveling exhibit, a mobile theater with a panoramic screen that brings the story of the Tuskegee Airmen to life. Accompanying will be the Commemorative Air Force Red Tail Squadron's P-51 Mustang By Request.
Visit www.daytonairshow.com for more information. |
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Armstrong museum displays ONU students' miniature Mars rover
The Mars rover Curiosity now exploring the Red Planet has a distant little brother: Curio, a 1/4 scale working replica designed and built by Ohio Northern University students. The Armstrong Air and Space Museum in Wapakoneta has the rover on display and will take it to local schools and events, including the Vectren Dayton Air Show. Visit the museum's Facebook page for more information about the rover. |
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May 18 is National Kids to Parks Day
Join National Park Service rangers at the Dayton Aviation Heritage Natonal Historical Park on Saturday, May 18, to explore the outdoors. Kids of all ages are invited to take part in these free activities:
*"On the Right Track", 10 a.m. to noon, Huffman Prairie Interpretive Center. Kids will take a nature walk and try to identify animal tracks.
*"It's a Bird, it's a Plane, it's a Parachute," 1 to 3 p.m., Wright-Dunbar Interpretive Center. Kids will learn about the parachute and make their own plastic-bag parachutes.
Visit www.nps.gov or call (937) 225-7705 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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