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Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, Dayton OH photo: The Wright hangar at Simms Station, Dayton, housed both the Wright Exhibition Company and the Wright School of Aviation, c. 1910. (U.S. Air Force Museum)
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photo: Van Cleve Park in downtown Dayton, Ohio.

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Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park is located in and around Dayton, Ohio. The Wright Cycle Company Complex, Paul Laurence Dunbar State Memorial, and Carillon Historical Park are located in Montgomery County. The Huffman Prairie Flying Field Interpretive Center and Huffman Prairie Flying Field are located in Greene County.

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Travel to Dayton is possible via car or air. The four units of Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park are scattered throughout the Dayton region. Visitors can travel between the sites by car.

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There are many hotels within the Dayton region with a wide range of amenities and price ranges.

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Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park consists of four units: The Wright Cycle Company Complex, Huffman Prairie Flying Field and Interpretive Center, John W. Berry, Sr. Wright Brothers Aviation Center, and Paul Laurence Dunbar State Memorial.

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The Dayton region has a large number of local attractions related to aviation history and other topics.

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Paul Laurence Dunbar, Orville Wright, and Wilbur Wright

Did You Know?
Orville and Katharine Wright attend the ground-breaking ceremonies for the Wright Air Field on April 13, 1926, in Dayton.

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