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Dayton is the Birthplace of Aviation and home of the powered flight inventors Wilbur and Orville Wright. Today the city and region offer various attractions and historical sites, fantastic arts venues, a thriving downtown, scenic parks, sporting venues, fabulous shopping and dining. To make your trip to the Vectren Dayton Air Show complete spend a few days and explore Dayton and the region.
Dayton Air Show Parade
Museums
Visitors Bureaus
Landmarks
Dayton Air Show Parade
The 2010 Vandalia-Butler Chamber of Commerce Dayton Air Show Parade is Friday, July 16th. While the parade officially steps off in the evening, preparation begins as early as 3 p.m. and can create traffic congestion in the parade staging area.
Don't miss this great community event through downtown Vandalia. The route begins at St. Christopher’s parking lot (on U.S. 40 near I-75), travels west to the historic Crossroads of America, turns north on North Dixie and finishes at the Delphi plant on Northwoods Blvd. Motorists should exercise great caution and patience in the area because of the increased pedestrian traffic.
For more information on participating or attending, contact the Vandalia-Butler Chamber of Commerce at 937-898-5351 or www.vandaliabutlerchamber.org.
Attractions

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Dayton International Airport
www.daytonairport.com "Where Every Flight Begins"
Your source for Airport, Airline and Travel information. |
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National Aviation Heritage Area
www.aviationheritagearea.org
Come. Discover. Fly! |
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National Museum of the Air Force
www.wpafb.af.mil/museum
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio. The world's largest and oldest military museum contains a monumental collection of aircraft and aviation artifacts. |
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Boonshoft Museum
www.boonshoftmuseum.org
A museum of science and discovery. |
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National Aviation Hall of Fame
nationalaviation.blade6.donet.com
The National Aviation Hall of Fame is a dynamic, exciting organization dedicated to celebrating the tremendous air and space advancements made possible by America’s innovators and visionaries. |
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Wright Cycle Shop
www.nps.gov/daav
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Park
Tour the shop operated by Orville and Wilbur Wright that became the laboratory of Powered Flight. |
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Wright Flyer III, Carillon Park
www.carillonpark.org
The original, restored 1905 Flyer on display at Wright Hall located at Carillon Park, a 65-acre, outdoor museum and historic buildings dedicated to preserving the history of the Miami Valley. |
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Waco Air Museum
www.wacoairmuseum.org
Between 1919 and 1946, The WACO Aircraft Company produced various models of open-cockpit and cabin biplanes, plus combat gliders for WWII and several other types of aircraft. Over the past 20 years, the WACO Historical Society has organized to preserve the history the company and its planes. |
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Wilbur Wright Birthplace
http://www.wwbirthplace.com
1525 North County Road 750 East
Hagerstown, IN 47346
765-332-2495 |
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Neil Armstrong Air & Space Museum
www.ohiohistory.org/places/armstron
P.O. Box 1978
Wapakoneta, OH 45895-0978
419-738-8811
800-860-0142 |
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The Wright Stuff Squadron of Greater Dayton
www.wrightstuffsquadron.com/
Dahio Trotwood Airport
1334 N. Lutheran Church Road
Trotwood, Ohio 45427 |
Visitors Bureaus
Landmarks

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Aviation Trail
www.aviationtrailinc.org
A series of important aviation landmarks in and around the Dayton area. |
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Hawthorne Hill
A home designed by Orville and Wilbur Wright. |
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Huffman Prairie Flying Field
The actual location where the Wright Brothers perfected the powered flight and home Wright Company School of Aviation from 1910-1916. |
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Wright Brothers Memorial
Overlooking the Huffman Prairie Flying Field where the Wright Brothers perfected flight. |
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Wright "B" Flyer
You can take a ride in a replica of the first mass produced aircraft, the 1911 Wright "B" Flyer. |
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