Fly-Ins/Fly-Outs
Equipment manufacturers will be on hand in the exhibit hall. Talk to aviation experts and learn what the new tools can do to make your flying safer and more fun. Also, dozens of interesting aircraft will be on display, many with their owners or builders there to chat or answer questions.
The AOPA Village features the opportunity to learn about AOPA membership benefits and services. Staff will help you buy and insure an airplane; the Pilot Protection Services legal and medical teams will help answer certification questions; the AOPA Flight Planning products team will showcase its latest products; and the AOPA Air Safety Institute will feature its latest safety videos, including Real Pilot Stories. Commemorative souvenirs and more are available at the AOPA Store.
Join fellow pilots at Bremerton or one of the other upcoming AOPA Fly-Ins: Battle Creek, Michigan, September 16 and 17, or Prescott, Arizona, September 30 and October 1.
Passport to fun
Race to Dayton’s amazing aviation places
A visit to Dayton, Ohio, is a must-do for aspiring pilots and aviation enthusiasts. One way to experience the “birthplace of aviation” is to “race” to the nine historic sites in the Wright-Dunbar Business District, which Wilbur and Orville Wright called home.
Tour a minimum of six of the nine sites using your passport obtained at the Wright-Dunbar Interpretive Center in Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historic Park. Visit five other historic sites and receive a “Wilbear Wright” teddy bear (left) as a keepsake.
The Wright-Dunbar Business District was the Dayton neighborhood of the Wright brothers and their friend, poet laureate Paul Laurence Dunbar. The historic neighborhood features the interpretive center, the Wrights’ cycle company, and the Dunbar home.
Once your passport is stamped, there are many other remarkable aviation sites to visit in Dayton. There’s the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Huffman Prairie Flying Field Interpretive Center, the National Aviation Hall of Field, Hawthorn Hill, and the historic Woodlawn cemetery and arboretum, as well as a replica of the Wright B Flyer.
For more information, contact Wright-Dunbar Inc.. This program is part of the Preserve America initiative.
