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Be an Ohio Leader in Flight! Show your pride in Ohio's aerospace industry and support aviation heritage. Your registration provides $15 to support NAHA's activities. |
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On the radar
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NAHA partners: Want your event listed here? Post it on our Events Calendar!
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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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Runway Fest returning Friday to Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport
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Runway Fest 2012 (Miami Twp. photo from Flickr.com)
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Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport will host its second annual "Runway Fest" on Friday, Aug. 9, at 10550 Springboro Pike in Miami Twp. Aircraft displays, live music, food vendors and other entertainment will be available from 6 pm to 10 pm, according to Miami Twp.'s website.
Wright "B" Flyer Inc., a NAHA partner, will take part in the event by opening its hangar-museum and putting its lookalike 1911 Wright Model "B" airplane on static display. Wright "B" Flyer's hangar and museum, located on the airport, will be open. Information about other aviation heritage attractions will also be available.
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IH Scout and light truck nationals coming to historic WACO Field
The 24th Annual International Scout and Light Truck Nationals will take place at historic WACO Field in Troy, Friday through Sunday, Aug. 9-11.
The annual show and swap meet is for all International Harvester made products, including the Scout, Scout II, Travelall, Pickup, Meduim and Heavy Duty Trucks, according to the event's Facebook page. |
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DATV airing Historian Tom Crouch's
'Strange Case of Gustave Whitehead'
 AIR DATES:
Mon. Aug. 12: 5 a.m.
Thurs. Aug. 15: 6:30 p.m.
Tom D. Crouch, aviation historian and senior curator of aeronautics at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., critiqued the claims of pre-Wright brothers flights by Gustave Whitehead in a lecture at the Engineers Club of Dayton in June. Now, local viewers and anyone with Internet access can see Crouch's lecture, thanks to Dayton Access Television.
Old claims that Whitehead's purported flights in Connecticut predated Wilbur and Orville's first powered flights have resurfaced this year and received widespread news coverage. Crouch, like other historians, has refuted the claims. He detailed his arguments on June 24 at the Engineers Club. DATV recorded his presentation.
Crouch is the author of many books and articles about flight and has worked for the Smithsonian since 1974. He is also a NAHA trustee. |
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NAHF to enshrine Charles Anderson
The late Charles Alfred "Chief" Anderson, who helped develop a civilian pilot training program for African Americans in 1940 despite racial prejudice and segregation, is among the four aviation legends to be inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame at its enshrinement ceremony on Friday, Oct. 4, in the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.
Anderson became known for giving First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt a highly publicized plane ride in 1941 that boosted support for the training program at the Tuskegee Institute. Graduates became known as "Tuskegee Airmen." As their chief instructor, Anderson played a critical role in the program's success.
These pioneers are also to be enshrined:
* Retired Army Maj. Gen. Patrick H. Brady, who flew more than 2,500 combat missions over Vietnam as a Dust Off helicopter pilot, saving over 5,000 wounded, and earned the Medal of Honor among numerous awards for valor.
* Capt. Robert L. "Hoot" Gibson, USN (Ret), a former Navy fighter pilot, test pilot and NASA astronaut who flew five space shuttle missions, including four as Commander.
* The late Dwane L. Wallace, who retired in 1975 as chairman and chief executive of Cessna Aircraft after 41 years with the company, a period that spanned the Great Depression, when he used money won by air racing to meet payroll, and the advent of corporate business jets.
Tickets and sponsorship opportunities are available now. Visit nationalaviation.org for more details. The Hall of Fame is a NAHA partner.
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Don't miss NAHA's annual meeting
From the beginning of redevelopment of the Wright Company factory site to Wright "B" Flyer's aircraft display at America's biggest manufacturing technology show in Chicago, NAHA and its partners have had a busy and productive year.
Find out all that has been happening in the National Heritage Area and honor this year's winners of NAHA's annual Ivonette Wright Miller, PROPS and Wick Wright awards at NAHA's annual meeting from 3 to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 20. The meeting is open to the public. It will be held in the Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission's Center for Regional Cooperation, 1100 West Third St., Dayton. |
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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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