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Grimes Flying Lab Museum Events

Season update, July through October 2024:

Schedule for The Grimes Flying Lab Museum is April - October months with hours of 10am- 1pm

(open only on Saturdays / call for special appointments)


Here is the updated event  list that the Grimes Flying Lab Beech 18 will be attending :  (weather permitting /subject to change ) 


July 4th - Bryan , Ohio Pancake Fly In 

July 6th- Grimes Field Family Day (11-dusk - actives , food trucks ) - aircraft will fly before fireworks at dusk 

July 13/14- Barnstorming  carnival event at Springfield , Ohio airport 

August 17-18- Props and Pistons Festival Akron , Ohio 

(August  17- MERFI is at Grimes Field - the museum will be open /aircraft will not be there

August 24- Hops in the Hangar 4-9pm at Bulter County Warbird Museum ( not officially confirmed yet ) 

Labor Day weekend 

August 31- Waynesville , Ohio 

September 1- Ring of Fire event at Indian Lake 

September 21- Bucyrus , Ohio Fly In 

September 28- Zanesville , Ohio EAA Chapter Event 

October - TBD Urbana High School Military Appreciation Night Flyover 



 

About Grimes Flying Lab Museum:

Located at Grimes Field in Urbana, the "lab" is a Beech 18 that served the U.S. Air Forces as a C-45 and was modified to a C-45H as a test bed for aircraft nighttime lighting systems. The aircraft was a valuable tool for engineers who worked for Warren G. Grimes - the father of aircraft lighting - before and during World War II to advance developments for safer flight at night. Grimes produced his first airplane lights in his garage in 1933 and by World War II his company had grown to produce lighting for military aviation. Besides memorabilia from Grimes' life and Grimes Manufacturing Co., historical and modern aircraft lighting products are displayed.


Grimes Flying Lab Foundation


Grimes Flying Lab Foundation is a a 501(c)(3) organization.

 

Grimes Flying Lab is Site #14 on the Aviation Trail



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Location

Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park 

16 S. Williams St., Dayton, OH 45402

Visitor Center:

For details and seasonal date schedules see https://www.nps.gov/daav/planyourvisit/hours.htm

or please call (937) 225-7705 for the current park schedule.

Parking:

From W. Third St., turn south on Williams St and then turn left on Fourth St. Go 1/2 block and turn left into the Visitor Center parking area.

CLICK HERE for a parking map.

See the Visitor Center page for details on hours and for a map.

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