National Aviation Day Pop Up

Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park

Special Event
  • Aug 19, 2026 at 10:00 AM
  • Free

Happy National Aviation Day! Franklin Delano Roosevelt designated National Aviation Day on August 19th, 1939, to honor Orville Wright’s birthday and acknowledge the impact Wilbur and Orville had on aviation. To celebrate this day, the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park is hosting pop-up interpretive programming at the Wright Dunbar Interpretive Center! Join us at 10:00 am and 2:00 pm for a short program on early flight. This will include: paper plane flying, anemometer testing, and rocket bottle launching. 

Fees

This event is free to attend.

Location

Latitude and Longitude 39.755785, -84.211676

Schedule

Date:

Aug 19, 2026

Time:

10:00 AM

Duration:

1 hour

Contact Information

Payton Rohrer
937-345-0433
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Event Type

  • Children’s Program
  • Cultural/Craft Demonstration
  • Talk
Tags: national aviation day, aviation history, national park week