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Aleutian World War II National Historic Area, Alaska
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American Memorial Park, Northern Mariana Islands
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Canaveral National Seashore, Florida
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Fort Vancouver National Historic Reserve, Washington, Pearson Field
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Gateway National Recreation Area, New York, Miller Field and Floyd Bennett Field
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Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California, Crissy Field
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Minuteman Missile National Historic Site, South Dakota
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Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site, Alabama
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USS Arizona Memorial, Hawaii
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War in the Pacific National Historical Park, Guam
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White Sands National Monument, New Mexico
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Wright Brothers
National Memorial, North Carolina
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NPS Aviation Facts
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The Wright brothers ushered in a new age. They were already accomplished inventors, printers, and bicycle manufacturers prior to their greatest achievement. As their father remarked to Wilbur, "You and Orville are…secure of a place with Fulton and Morse and Franklin in the temple of fame, ‘Conquerors of the Air.’" Bishop Milton Wright to Wilbur Wright, September 9, 1908.
The theme of aviation is interpreted at a significant number of National Park Service units. Twenty other sites are currently listed along with Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park and Wright Brothers National Memorial for aviation-related achievements.
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Aviation "Firsts" Commemorated in the
National Parks
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Big Bend National Park, Texas
3-11-1916
First United States combat use of a powered aircraft
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Chaco Culture National Historical Park,
New Mexico
1928
First aerial archeology survey in United States
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Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, Ohio
9-8-1905
First figure “8” maneuver
1905
First airborne engine restart
5-19-1910
First flight school
5-25-1910
First (and only) time the Wright brothers flew together
11-7-1910
First cargo flight (Dayton to Columbus, Ohio)
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Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming
10-1-1941
First parachutist to land on top
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Eisenhower National Historic Site, Pennsylvania
First US President to obtain a pilot’s license
First US President to fly in a helicopter
First US President to fly in a jet powered aircraft
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Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, Washington
1937
First “Over the Pole” flight by a Russian
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Gateway National Recreation Area, New York
5-23-1931
Site of New York City’s first municipal airport
(Floyd Bennett Field)
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Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California
First aerial wildland fire detection patrols
1917
Launch site of the first transcontinental air race
1924
Landing site of the first “dawn to dusk” transcontinental flight
1927
Launch site of the first successful non-stop North American to Hawaii flight
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Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
1923
First use of an airplane in search and rescue
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Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii
10-28-1928
First airplane to land in a volcano
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Independence National Historical Park, Pennsylvania
1793
First airmail sent by a US President (George Washington via hot air balloon)
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National Capital Parks, District of Columbia
1918
First large scale aerial photomosaic series (70 square miles)
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Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site, Alabama
First (and only) fighter group to never lose a bomber under its protection
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Wright Brothers National Memorial, North Carolina
12-17-1903
First successful sustained flight of a powered aircraft
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