Aviation

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  The National Museum of the United States Air Force

  The world's largest and oldest military aviation museum. Over 300 aircraft and missiles including the Wright Flyer, the Stealth Fighter and JFK’s Air Force One. Don't miss the IMAX Theatre, a stunning film experience that puts you at the center of the action. 937-253-IMAX.
  Springfield Street at Gate 28B
  Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
  937-255-3286
  www.nationalmuseum.af.mil

• Huffman Prairie Flying Field

  This national historic landmark is located at Gate 16-A on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The 84-acre pasture is where the Wrights undertook the difficult and dangerous task of creating a dependable, fully controllable airplane and training themselves to be pilots. The field looks just as it did when the Wright Brothers flew here. 937-425-0008

• Huffman Prairie Flying Field and Interpretive Center

  The Huffman Prairie Interpretive Center is part of the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park and features exhibits on the Wrights' activities at the flying field and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
  On Kauffman Rd. in Fairborn (Off Route 444)
  937-425-0008
  www.nps.gov/daav/pla_fac_huffmanprairie.htm

• Wright-Dunbar Interpretive Center

  Wright-Dunbar Interpretive Center is part of the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park and features exhibits on not only the Wright Brothers but their friend and internationally acclaimed poet, Paul Laurence Dunbar.
  937-225-7705

• Wright Brothers Memorial

  Erected by Daytonians in 1940 on Wright Hill to honor Wilbur and Orville Wright as the inventors of the airplane.
  Kauffman Rd. in Fairborn (Off Route 444)
  Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
  937-257-5886

• Wright State University

  The most extensive collection of Wright Brothers archives and one-of-a-kind photos in the world.
  3640 Colonel Glenn Highway
  Fairborn
  937-775-2092
  www.libraries.wright.edu/staff/dunbar/arch/ms1.htm

• Carillon Historical Park

  Home of the 1905 Wright Flyer III, the world's first practical airplane.
  1000 South Patterson Blvd.
  Dayton
  937-293-2841
  http://www.carillonpark.org

• National Aviation Hall of Fame at The National Museum of the United States Air Force

  Established to honor those who have made significant contributions to the history of aviation.
  937-256-0944
  www.nationalaviation.org

• Skydive Greene County

  The oldest private jump zone in North America. Tandem skydive and accelerated free-fall program.
  Xenia
  937-372-0700
  http://www.skydiveohio.com

• Greene County Lewis A. Jackson Regional Airport

  This airport is named in honor of a man who impacted countless people through his passion for aviation and education. During World War II, Jackson became director of training at the Army Air Corps 66th Flight Training Detachment at Tuskegee, Alabama. Under Jackson's program, the renowned Tuskegee Airmen trained to become the first black pilots in the Army Air Corps. Following the war, Jackson earned a Masters and a PhD in higher education. Dr. Jackson held many positions in education culminating in the presidency of Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio. A display at the airport tells the story of the Tuskegee Airmen and Dr. Jackson. Located west of Xenia on Valley Road.
  937-376-8107
  www.gwaohio.com/i19/index.shtml