Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park rangers are offering a new park program called Nature Quest.
The program is designed to provide children ages 3 to 10 with skills that will encourage them to explore the natural world around them.
The program is free of charge.
The programs will meet at the Wright-Dunbar Interpretive Center in west Dayton every other Wednesday, running now through April 25, 2012
from 10:00 to 11:30 am.
For further information go our KIDS Page or contact Ryan Qualls or Maribeth Kambitsch at 937-225-7705.
Aviation Heritage Speaker Series 2012
The Uncle and the Notebook: The Death and Legacy of Wilbur Wright
Amanda Wright Lane
Wednesday, May 16 (this date is TENTATIVE - check back for update)
7:00 pm
Amanda Wright Lane is the great grandniece of Orville and Wilbur Wright will provide a personal perspective of her great grand uncle Wil, his untimely death in 1912, and the impact his life has had on her, her family, and the world.
Locomotive to Aeromotive: Octave Chanute and the Transportation Revolution
Simine Short
Wednesday, July 18
7:00 pm
Aviation historian Simine Short has written more than 100 articles on the history of motorless flight. She will discuss her latest book, "Locomotive to Aeromotive: Octave Chanute and the Transportation Revolution," covering Chanute's life and civil engineering accomplishments that led to his aviation experiments and the eventual connection with the Wrights and other aviation pioneers. She will also cover Chanute's glider flying experiments along the southern shore of Lake Michigan.
1912: The Aeronautical Adventures of Harriet Quimby
Connie Tobias
Wednesday, October 17
7:00 pm
In her thirty-six year aviation career, Connie Tobias has flown more than sixty different kinds of aircraft, from a 1902 Wright Glider to heavy jets to helicopters. Connie's love of aviation goes beyond the cockpit when she reenacts the role of pioneer aviator Harriet Quimby the first licensed woman pilot in the US and the first woman to fly the English Channel.
All programs are at the Engineers Club, 110 E. Monument Ave., in Dayton, Ohio.
For more information contact us at 937-225-7705 or 425-0008.
These events are free and open to the public.