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NAHA’s vision of the Wright Company factory— America’s first airplane factory—as a national park unit. EASY ACCESS FROM ANYWHERE! Under development with a The National Aviation Heritage Area is located in planned opening in 2016. western Ohio, an easy drive from major cities in the Midwest, east and south, or by commercial flights to US 35 and Abbey Avenue, Dayton, Ohio Dayton International Airport. All sites easily accessible from major highways: I-70 and I-75.

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