Motor Coach - All Flight Paths Began Here

Visit the hallowed grounds where the Wright Brothers made aviation practical.

Experience flight from its beginnings to the present at the four National Park sites dedicated to the first family of flight.

Suggested Itinerary

Wright–Dunbar Interpretive Center
1 hour
This historic building once home to the Wright Brothers printing business is now the main visitor center for the National Park. This facility has exhibits from every aspect of the Wrights' lives from their childhood through their careers and aeronautical experiments. Park Rangers on site.
Free admission.
www.nps.gov/daav/home.htm

Wright Cycle Company
30 minutes
Walk next door and tour the restored Wright Cycle Shop in the Historic Wright-Dunbar Neighborhood. The fourth of five locations for their bicycle business. It was in this shop that they began manufacturing their own brand of bicycles. Park Ranger on site.
Free admission.
www.nps.gov/daav/home.htm

The National Museum of the United States Air Force, Imax Theatre, & the National Aviation Hall of Fame
3 hours
The oldest and largest military aviation museum in the world tells the story of aviation from the Wright brothers' first flight to the undefeated Stealth Fighter and new in 2003, the story of the Cold War. The Aviation Hall of Fame honors pioneers in the field of aviation.
Free Admission to the NMUSAF and Hall of Fame.
Group Discounts available for IMAX.
www.nationalmuseum.af.mil

Carillon Historical Park
1½ hours
See the restored 1905 Wright Flyer III, the world’s first practical airplane. It was restored under the watchful eye of Orville Wright. Flying over Huffman field in Greene County, this airplane made history.
www.carillonpark.org

Wright Memorial
15 minutes
This historic memorial overlooks Huffman Prairie where Orville and Wilbur Wright flew their experimental airplanes and the Wright Company conducted a flying school.

Huffman Prairie Flying Field & Interpretive Center
1 hour
It was here that the Wright Brothers learned how to fly. See where the brothers successfully mastered the mechanics of controlled, powered, heavier than air flight.  Visit the Interpretive Center.  A National Park Ranger will bring history to life!
Free Admission
www.nps.gov/daav/home.htm

LaComedia  Dinner Theatre
3 hours
Feast on a scrumptious dinner and end the evening by enjoying one of the many Broadway shows featured at the theatre year-round.
www.lacomedia.com