Aviation Sites

Wright Dunbar Neighborhood

Here in West Dayton, the Wright brothers built bicycles and talked enthusiastically around the dinner table about how to develop a flying machine. In his last years, Orville still came to the neighborhood to work in his laboratory. Through these three locations, visit the family history of the Wrights from ideation of the airplane through to the world's first pilot's last years.

Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park & Aviation Trail Parachute Museum

Celebrate the development of manned, heavier-than-air flight by exploring exhibits dedicated to every phase of the lives of Orville and Wilbur Wright. Uncover their childhood to their careers as businessmen with their printing and bicycle shops, through to their accomplishments as aviation pioneers.

Champaign Aviation Museum

At the Champaign Aviation Museum, you’ll get a close-up look at historic aircraft that soared to great heights to preserve freedom. More than stationary museum pieces, these warbirds have been, or are being, restored to fly again.

Huffman Prairie Flying Field & Interpretive Center

See the place where Orville and Wilbur Wright developed and tested the world’s first practical airplane, and the memorial built to honor their lives and achievements, at Huffman Prairie.

Carillon Historical Park

Carillon Historical Park engages you to sample Dayton’s rich heritage of creativity and invention. Founded by Colonel Edward and Edith Deeds, the park is situated on a beautiful 65-acre campus between the Great Miami River and a glacial moraine.

Wright “B” Flyer

You can experience the thrill of pioneer flight with a ride in the Wright “B” Flyer, a modern lookalike of the Wright brothers’ first production airplane!

Wright State University Wright Archives

The Wright Brothers Collection housed in Special Collections and Archives in the Wright State University Libraries is one of the most complete collections of Wright material in the world.

Woodland Cemetery & Arboretum

Founded in 1841, Woodland Cemetery is one of the nation’s oldest rural garden cemeteries and a unique cultural, botanical and educational resource. The Arboretum has been accredited as a Level II Arboretum by The ArbNet Arboretum Accreditation Program and is recognized as an accredited arboretum in the Morton Register of Arboreta, a database of the world’s arboreta and gardens dedicated to woody plants.

National Museum of the United States Air Force

Get a sweeping view of Air Force and military aviation progress at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, the world’s largest and oldest military aviation museum. You’ll discover more than 360 aircraft and aerospace vehicles on display, many rare and one-of-a-kind. In addition, you’ll find thousands of historical aviation artifacts.

Historic WACO Field

The WACO Air Museum continues to celebrate the Golden Age of Aviation with numerous aircraft and a 2,400 foot grass airstrip (1WF). You can experience an open cockpit flight on one of two flying aircraft.

Grimes Flying Lab

Shed new light on your appreciation for aircraft lighting and learn more about the man who was dedicated to making flight safer at night by visiting the Grimes Flying Laboratory museum.

Armstrong Air & Space Museum

Celebrate the accomplishments of the first man to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong, a native son of Wapakoneta… and explore aviation and aerospace history.

National Aviation Hall of Fame

Meet the heroes and heroines of aviation and space travel at the National Aviation Hall of Fame. You’ll experience interactive displays that give you hands-on experience in landing an aircraft on a Navy carrier, controlling the movement of a helicopter, docking in space with the Hubble Space Telescope, and taking the controls of an historic aircraft on one of four flight simulators.

Mid America Flight Museum North – Restoration Hangar

Airstream Heritage Center

Triumph of Flight (Future Site)

The Wright Image Group is a nonprofit dedicated to achieving a bold vision: a magnificent new national monument to flight, the Triumph of Flight, itself an engineering marvel, commemorating the many phenomenal achievements in aviation and aerospace.

CenterPoint Energy Dayton Air Show Summer Event

The CenterPoint Energy Dayton Air Show Presented by Kroger is one of North America’s premier air shows. The annual show at Dayton International Airport has featured the world’s top performers and exhibition teams, including the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds and the U.S. Navy Blue Angels.

Air Camp

Air Camp offers immersive, week-long resident camps, day camps and teacher camps in aviation and aeronautics, designed to inspire young people to pursue STEM-related education and careers in the context of aviation.