Aviation Trail
Phone: 937-443-0793
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Aviation Trail
Wright Brothers Branch
Dayton, OH 45409
Overview
The Dayton Aviation Trail grew out of a regional economic development conference held at the University of Dayton on November 18-19, 1980, which was co-sponsored by the Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission and the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce. One of the ideas that came out of the conference was to use the area’s aviation heritage to market the region by establishing two trails: a tourist trail to attract visitors and a business trail to attract companies.
An Aviation Trail Inaugural Tour on July 13, 1981, introduced community leaders to the trail laid out in the new brochure. The 175 guests toured the sites in five special RTA buses. Sally Graubarth trained the tour guides accompanying each bus and arranged the details, including a costumed “Katharine Wright” waiving to the visitors from the law of Hawthorn Hill, the Wright mansion in Oakwood, and airplane-shaped cookies served as refreshments on the buses. The Inaugural Tour and brochure were underwritten by the Dayton-Montgomery County Convention and Visitors Bureau.
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