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Aviation history
on the air
Hear Dan Patterson's aviation heritage commentaries on WYSO Public Radio, 91.3 FM.
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Tom Crouch to discuss 'The Strange Case of Gustave Whitehead'
Tom D. Crouch, aviation historian and senior curator of the Division of Aeronautics at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., is coming to Dayton to critique the evidence that Gustave Whitehead flew before the Wright brothers' 1903 flight.
Recently Paul Jackson, editor of the British aviation publication Jane's All the World's Aircraft, declared that the Wright brothers' 1903 flight at Kitty Hawk, N.C., was not the first to achieve sustained, heavier-than-air, controlled flight, but that Whitehead, a German Immigrant in Bridgeport, Connecticut, flew his craft two years earlier. The Connecticut General Assembly has followed up by passing a bill that declares Whitehead, not the Wright brothers, the first to fly. Crouch is to speak at 7 p.m. Monday, June 24, at the Engineers Club of Dayton, 110 E. Monument Ave. His lecture, "The Strange Case of Gustave Whitehead," is part of the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park's Speaker Series. The event is free and open to the public.
Crouch is the author of many books and articles on flight and has worked for the Smithsonian since 1974. He is also a NAHA trustee.
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Aviation Trail adds new sites
The Aviation Trail, Inc. has expanded to 16 aviation-related sites in the Dayton region.
Three new trail sites have been added to ATI's heritage list, reflecting the expansion of aviation heritage locations and programs over the 32 years of the nonrofit's history.
The latest sites to be marked by ATI's blue-and-white trail signs include Armstrong Air and Space Museum in Wapakoneta, Champaign Aviation Museum in Urbana and Grimes Flying Lab, also in Urbana. All join in the significance of our national aviation heritage in Ohio, started by Dayton's Wright brothers.
ATI was formed in 1981 to identify and preserve the aviation heritage of Dayton and the Miami Valley, to engage in promotional and educational activities to create an awareness of the area's identification with aviation and of its place in aviation history, and to stimulate the area's economic development through aviation-related capital projects.
One of ATI's earliest projects was to save and restore the Wright Cycle Company building, now a unit of the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park. ATI also operates the Aviation Trail Parachute Museum in the national park's Wright-Dunbar Interpretive Center, 16 S. Williams St. in Dayton. ATI is a NAHA partner. Visit aviationtrailinc.org to learn more about Aviation Trail.
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Vectren Dayton Air Show spectators will see performers, planes up close
The Vectren Dayton Air Show this year will introduce a new attraction designed to let air show fans get up close to their favorite performers and planes.
The Performer Pit Row will gather the planes in the middle of the air show grounds when they aren't being flown, instead of in a restricted area beyond the crowd line. The new feature will permit closer viewing of the performers' aircraft, and it will give fans a chance to see the stars of the air show as well, officials said.
The Vectren Dayton Air Show is scheduled for June 22-23 at Dayton International Airport. Advance tickets are on sale at Kroger stores. Visit daytonairshow.com for more details. The air show is produced by the United States Air and Trade Show Inc., a NAHA partner. |
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New bike trail will link downtown Dayton with aviation heritage sites
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The new Mad River Bikeway extension will connect downtown Dayton and more than 330 miles of regional trails to the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Huffman Prairie Flying Field, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Fairborn and Wright State University when it opens on June 21, according to an announcement by Five Rivers MetroParks.
The 3.6 mile extension will also be a part of the 4,600-mile, multistage North Country/Buckey Trail, the announcement said.
MetroParks has scheduled a grand opening for the extension at 11:30 a.m. Friday, June 21 at Eastwood MetroPark.
Visit MeroParks.org/cycling to learn more about the largest conncted bikeway network in the country.
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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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