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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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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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Age no limit for heritage volunteers
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A nonagenarian is a person 90 years of age or older. Wright "B" Flyer Inc. has four nonagenarian volunteers: Bob Mayne (left), 90; Jack Ohmart, 95; Sam Strother, 90, and Les Denning, 90. Like Wright "B" Flyer, NAHA's aviation heritage partners depend on volunteers for every aspect of their operation. Many are retirees, and volunteers like these prove you're never too old! (Photo by Timothy R. Gaffney) |
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Vectren Dayton Air Show on for 2014
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The 2014 Vectren Dayton Air Show Presented by Kroger will take place June 28-29, air show officials announced today. Military support is uncertain because of sequestration, but the U.S. Navy Blue Angels are scheduled to perform. Air show star Patty Wagstaff, a National Aviation Hall of Fame enshrinee, also is scheduled. Visit daytonairshow.com for a pdf copy of the press release. The United States Air and Trade Show Inc., which produces the air show, is a NAHA partner. |
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NAHF to enshrine shuttle astronaut, air racer Robert 'Hoot' Gibson
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Robert L. Gibson (NASA photo)
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Retired Navy Capt. Robert L. "Hoot" Gibson, a five-time space shuttle pilot and air racer, 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.
As a Navy fighter pilot, Gibson flew combat in Southeast Asia, graduated from the Navy's "Top Gun" air combat school and served as a flight test pilot before joining NASA's astronaut corps in 1978. He flew five space shuttle missions, including four as commander. Gibson has logged more than 14,000 hours in over 130 types of aircraft. Others to be enshrined include 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; the late Charles Alfred "Chief" Anderson, who helped develop the Tuskegee Institute's civilian pilot training program for African Americans who became the legendary "Tuskegee Airmen", and the late Dwane L. Wallace, who influenced general aviation as chairman and chief executive of Cessna Aircraft. 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 and awards ceremony on Aug. 20
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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