The sky's the limit! A unique history. A fascinating present. A boundless future. The worlds's aviation story is not complete without a visit to the Dayton area, the Birthplace of Aviation. Begin an exciting journey as you Race to Dayton's Amazing Aviation Places! You'll find the sky's the limit in our community when it comes to innovation, inspiration, discovery and educational fun. "Wilbear Wright" (an indirect descendant of Wilbur and Orville Wright, the inventors of powered, heavier-than-air, human-controlled flight) is eager to belong to YOU. Just tour and obtain a passport stamp at the National Park Service's Wright-Dunbar Interpretive Center and a minimum of six of the remaining amazing aviation sites listed in this brochure to redeem your passport for your very own "Wilbear Wright" aviator teddy bear. Start today: it's top-flight fun! The Wright-Dunbar Business District was the Dayton neighborhood the Wrights and Dunbar called home. There remains a special spirit in the Wright-Dunbar Business District that encourages visionaries, em­ braces innovators and grows dreams within those who dare to imagine. The Wilbear program began as part of a Preserve America grant to demonstrate the economic impact of connecting the aviation and cultural heritage sites in the Dayton region. and receive this "Wilbear Wright" ��iator teddy bear FREE! See details inside. ., i:"' .., � ......._ _ �;,;,: �Aviation Trail 7 HERITAGE ' TON AVIATION DAY LPARl l11• H]STOklCA T NAL __:iJ Nt �:- . ---�-r;,� i'f I �� � -- � . ' . - -- � . l, ..:- 'f -'-� il\\11,,,.,,;,. , y � �� +d° # - • 6 . I ' · ,-' '"i" The Aviation Trail, Inc. Wilbear Sponsorships - We thank the following organizations for their generous contributions. As long as men fly. .. wherever they journey through space... lfflt"7.,, AAA Miami Valley � As North America's largest motoring and leisure travel their flights began in Dayton, Ohio, organization, AAA provides more than 52 million members The Birthplace of Aviation. with travel, insurance, financial and automotive-related services. Since its founding in 1902, the not-for-profit, fully tax­ paying AAA has been a leader and advocate for the safety The Dayton Aviation Trail is a self-guided tour and security of all travelers. AAA clubs can be visited on the of selected, aviation-related sites open to the Internet at AAA.com. public. The Trail was established in 1981 by Aviation Trail, Inc., an all-volunteer, not-for­ ' Dayton/Montgomery County ••• ,.. ••• Convention & Visitors Bureau profit corporation whose mission is to preserve _ Race to the Dayton region's and promote the Dayton area's unique aviation The Dayton/Montgomery County Convention & Visitors Bureau heritage, starting with the invention of the air­ welcomes you to DAYTON, The Birthplace of Aviation! Greater Amazing Aviation Places Dayton offers so many amazing, authentic aviation attractions plane by Wilbur and Orville Wright. That heritage and sites that you'll want to spend several days experiencing Send in the passport for a FREE continues on to today's aerospace projects of them. For assistance with accommodations and detailed the future now under development at Wright­ information on the area log onto www.daytoncvb.com or call "Wilbear Wr ight" aviator teddy bear! Patterson Air Force Base. 800-221-8235. You're invited to have some top-flight fun! Tour a In 1982 Aviation Trail. Inc. acquired two historic Wright Greene County Convention and Visitors Bureau Jl''fi!f'lfJf _ minimum of 7 of the 14 amazing aviation sites listed in brothers buildings still standing next to each other Th1nk1ng about staying longer? V1s1t greenecountyoh,o.org for hotels, restaurants and fun. Life is good in Greene County, Ohio. this brochure. Receive a stamp at the one required site, on their original sites in Dayton's West Side neighbor- Wright-Dunbar Interpretive Center, plus a minimum of hood: the Hoover Block and The Wright Cycle Com- National Park Service 6 of the remaining sites to qualify for the free "Wilbear pany building. These eventually became the cornerstone The park is a cooperative effort between the National Park Wright" aviator teddy bear. Have fun and learn lots! of the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Service and five partners, which include: Dayton History, the Park a P.:ark of four scattered sites managed by the Ohio Historical Society, Aviation Trail, Inc., the Wright Family To receive your free "Wilbear Wright" aviator teddy Foundation, and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. National Park Service. The Trail group also completed bear, please mail your completed passport* to: in late 2010 the Aviation Trail Parachute Museum on the -....,:...-- National Aviation Heritage Alliance "Wilbear Wright" second floor of the Visitor Center which tells the The National Aviation Heritage Alliance (NAHA) is a private, c/o Wright-Dunbar Interpretive Center story of the development of the free fall parachute from not for profit corporation operating as the management Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park ts invention at Dayton's McCook Field after World entity of the Congressionally designated National Aviation 16 S. Williams Street, Dayton, OH 45402 War I up to the vital role it plays in safely landing Heritage Area, one of 49 national heritage areas in the United States. NAHA's vision is for Dayton to become the Or your bear may be picked up in person from a today's spacecraft. recognized global center of aviation heritage and premier National Park Service Ranger at the Wright-Dunbar destination for aviation heritage tourism, sustaining the For moreInformation about the organization, contact: legacy of the Wright brothers. The National Aviation Heritage Interpretive center*. Aviation Trail, Inc. Area encompasses an eight-county area (Montgomery, Greene, *Must have a minimum of 7 sites stamped. One bear per P.O. Box 633, Wright Brothers Branch, Miami, Clark, Warren, Champaign, Shelby, and Auglaize counties.) person per visit. Dayton, Ohio 45409, (937) 443-0v93 www.avlatlontralllnc.org CR GER �a Creative graphic design services provided by Creager Graphics, IiEnjoy "W;lbea, w,;ght's" ad,entu,e, on h;, Faoebook page. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]. 1111111 Visit. the. Nat·1onal Wapakoneta Av1at1on Heritage Are a NATIONAL AVIATION J-IERITAOE AREA Experience the s·1rthpl ace of Aviation Come. Discover. Fly/ E asy Access From A nywhere Troy James M. Cox Dayton lnt'I Airport g Vandalia 40 Needmore Rd. Dayton II Springboro Start your tour at one of the four Race Headquarters*where staffis available to get you startedon the right foot with site information and travel directions. *Wright•Dunbar Interpretive Center and The Wright Cycle Company Huffman Prairie Flying Field m Tho Wright B Flyer D Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park Walk the fields where the Wright brothers spent countless hours flight Experience the thrill of actually flying in a look-alike of the Wright Capture the spirit and imagination of three inventive, creative men­ testing various models of their aircraft, and at their aviation school AB Flyer, the first mass-produced airplane in the world, along with aviation pioneers, Wilbur and Orville Wright, and author and poet training others to take the controls. � other historical displays. Enter through Gate 16A. WPAFB, OH 45433 10550 Springboro Pike, Miamisburg, OH 45342-4956 laureate Paul Laurence Dunbar-whose lives came together in Tel: 937-425-0008 Web: www.nps.gov/daav Te!: 937-885-2327 E-mail: [email protected] �A Dayton. • Open: 9:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M. daily. Closed: Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years Day. Web: www.wright-b-flyer.org 16 South Williams Street, Dayton, OH 45402 Required site ' Open: 9:00 A.M.-2:30 P.M. Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday Tel: 937-225-7705 Web: www.nps.gov/daav IP.I *John W. Berry, Sr. Wright Brothers Aviation Center Other times by appointment. Open: 9:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M. daily Closed: Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years Day Iii at Carillon Historical Park !Pol Wright State University Special Collections and Archives Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park $ entrance fee Aviation Trail, Inc. Visitor Center & Parachute Museum u:i. Paul Laurence Dunbar Library See the original 1905 Wright Flyer 111, restored under the supervision The Archives contains the most complete collection of Wright brothers A Learn more about the development of manned flight, and Dayton's of Orville Wright, and gain a new appreciation for the lives and A � crucial role in the history of aviation in a number of ways, including accomplishments of the Wright brothers through other exhibits. � items including 4,000 photographs that document the invention the many uses of the parachute. 1000 Carillon Boulevard, Dayton, OH 45409 of the airplane. The Archives also includes many other aviation 16 South Williams Street, Dayton, OH 45402 �A Tel: 937-293·2841 or to!l-free at 877-BE·History collections, all of which are available to researchers with advance Tel: 937-443-0793 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.daytonhistory.org notification. Web: www.aviationtrailinc.org Open: 9:30 A.M.·5:00 P.M. Tuesday-Saturday, 12:00 P.M.-5:00 P.M. Sunday, Te!: 937-775-2092 Web: www.libraries.wright.edu/special/ Open: 9:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M. daily Closed: Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years Day Open Monday holidays only 12:00 P.M.-5:00 P.M. Hours subject to change. Hours: 8:30 A.M.-5:00 P.M. Monday, Tuesday, Thursdav, Friday 8:30 A.M.-9:00 P.M. Wednesday, 1:00 P.M.-5:00 P.M. Sunday, Closed: Saturdays Paul Laurence Dunbar State Memorial (I*National Museum of the United States Air Force No evening or Sunday hours during the summer and academic breaks. fJ Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park $ entrance fee Get a sweeping view of Air Force and military aviation progress-from Explore the life, times and creativity of an author and poet laureate A the earliest days to advanced technology at the largest and oldest m Historic WACO Field and WACO AirplaneMuseum $ entrance fee at the vanguard of Africa-American literature by visiting the restored � museum of its kind in the world.