Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park - Places (U.S. National Park Service)

At the turn of the century, the neighborhood now known as the Wright-Dunbar Village was a vibrant community. This is the neighborhood in which the Wright brothers lived and worked. This is the neighborhood in which they started their printing business, entered into the bicycle business and became involved with the mystery of flight. Learn more about their businesses.

The Wright-Dunbar Interpretive Center includes an information area, bookstore, theater, and exhibit gallery. The center’s exhibits focus on the Wright brothers’ printing and bicycle businesses, their family history, and their association with poet, Paul Laurence Dunbar.

Celebrate the Centennial of Wilbur Wright's Flights in France
The goal of the LeMans Sarthe Wright 2008 Centennial is to re-enact the world's first public flights and the first European flights of the Wright brothers, which took place in LeMans and Sarthe, France from August 8, 1908 until January 2, 1909. This period was not only a time when the Wright brothers made flights, but was the crucial turning point in the history of aviation, the true technical transition between dirigibles and airplanes. To learn more about the celebration in France, click here.