Dayton Wright Bros Airport – Dayton, Ohio – the Birthplace of Aviation
Due to our participation at the Dayton Air Show the museum will be closed Saturday, June 22nd. Additionally, we will be attending the Oshkosh AirVenture and the Museum will be closed beginning Tuesday, July 16th and we will reopen on
If you have retail experience, the Wright B Museum needs your help as a volunteer. We have an aggressive event schedule for this year and expect many visitors. The entry way to the Museum includes a reception area and a
Based on current FAA qualification testing successes, the newest Wright B Flyer replica could be coming to an event near you later this summer. Our build teams have been working hard through FAA checklists and wind-over-wing studies to ready the
As of 06/05/2023, the Wright “B” Flyer, Inc. museum and hangar will be open for the public to visit our Wright B Flyer hangar on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Business hours are during the hours of 9am thru 12 noon.
Wright “B” Flyer, Inc. will put the Valentine Flyer on Static Display at For Sam Houston on May 5 and 6, 2018. This aircraft, shown here, is a near replica for the first military aircraft that the Wright Brothers delivered to the US Army Signal Corps in 1909. It was built in the 1970s by Tom and Nancy Valentine who were living in California at that time.
Members of the Wounded Warriors Amputee Softball Team (WWAST) were in the Dayton, Ohio area on Saturday, October 14 to play two softball games at Wright State University. For those who may not know, these are folks who lost limbs
The Wright “B” Half-Scale Flyer won the Trustees Award at Centerville’s 2017 Americana parade. The award is given every year for the best float in the parade based on theme, originality and attractiveness. This is the third time that the Half-Scale Flyer has won that award. The Half-Scale depicts the day (May 25, 1910) when Orville Wright took his father, Bishop Milton Wright, for his one and only flight.
Wright B Flyer contributed a year’s membership for a raffle drawing that was held at the 2017 Boys State Gymnastic Meet. The meet was held on March 25 and 26, 2017 at the Gymnastics Training Center of Ohio (GTCO) in Franklin, Ohio. It was sponsored by the Rings & Beams Booster Club, the parent booster organization. The Park Ranger in the picture spoke with participants about the Aviation Trail and the National Aviation Heritage Alliance (NAHA) in the Dayton, Ohio area.