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Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park in Dayton, Ohio commemorates the work of Wilbur Wright, Orville Wright, and poet Paul Laurence Dunbar in the Miami Valley. The park includes five National Historic Landmarks and a National Register Historic District. Together they tell the story of the lives and works of the Wright brothers and the poet Paul Laurence Dunbar. They are the Wright Cycle Company building, Huffman Prairie Flying Field, Hoover Block, 1905 Wright Flyer III, Hawthorn Hill, and the Paul Laurence Dunbar State Memorial. The centerpiece of the park is 1905 Wright Flyer III, the world's first functioning airplane, built in 1905 by the Wright brothers and flown at Huffman Prairie Flying Field.
22 S Williams St, Dayton, OH 45402-8235
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