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

Dayton International Airport

www.daytonairport.com
"Where Every Flight Begins"
Your source for Airport, Airline and Travel information.
   

National Aviation Heritage Area

www.aviationheritagearea.org
Come. Discover. Fly!
   

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.
   

Boonshoft Museum

www.boonshoftmuseum.org
A museum of science and discovery.
   

National Aviation Hall of Fame

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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.
   

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.
   

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.
   

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.
   

Wilbur Wright Birthplace

http://www.wwbirthplace.com
1525 North County Road 750 East
Hagerstown, IN 47346
765-332-2495
   

Neil Armstrong Air & Space Museum

www.ohiohistory.org/places/armstron
P.O. Box 1978
Wapakoneta, OH 45895-0978
419-738-8811
800-860-0142
   

 

The Wright Stuff Squadron of Greater Dayton

www.wrightstuffsquadron.com/
Dahio Trotwood Airport
1334 N. Lutheran Church Road
Trotwood, Ohio  45427

 

Visitors Bureaus

 

Dayton Montgomery County Convention & Visitors Bureau

www.daytoncvb.com
1 Chamber Plaza
Dayton, OH  45402
800-221-8234
   

 

Greene County Convention & Visitors Bureau

www.greenecountyohio.org
1221 Meadowbridge Drive, Suite A
Beavercreek, OH 45434
800-733-9109
   

 

Springfield Area Convention & Visitors Bureau

www.springfield-clarkcountyohio.info
333 N. Limestone St.
Suite 201
Springfield, OH 45502
937-325-7621
800-803-1553
   

 

Warren County Convention & Visitors Bureau

www.ohioslargestplayground.com
5412 Courseview Drive
Mason, OH 45040
800-791-4FUN

   

 

Butler County Visitors Bureau

www.destinationbutlercounty.com
8750 Union Centre Blvd
West Chester, OH
45069 513-860-4194
1-888-462-2282

   

 

Miami County Visitors & Convention Bureau

http://www.visitmiamicounty.org/
405 S.W. Public Square, Suite 272
Troy OH 45373
937.339.1044

 

Landmarks

Aviation Trail

www.aviationtrailinc.org
A series of important aviation landmarks in and around the Dayton area.
   

 

Hawthorne Hill

A home designed by Orville and Wilbur Wright.
   

 

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.
   

 

Wright Brothers Memorial

Overlooking the Huffman Prairie Flying Field where the Wright Brothers perfected flight.
   

 

Wright "B" Flyer

You can take a ride in a replica of the first mass produced aircraft, the 1911 Wright "B" Flyer.