Four American visionaries of flight are to be honored for their contributions to aviation on July 17 at the 49th annual Enshrinement Dinner & Ceremony at the National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) in Dayton, Ohio, the birthplace of flight and a national leader in the aerospace industry. The 2010 NAHF inductees are Capt. Alan Bean, USN (Ret.); Warren G. Grimes; Clay Lacy and Noel Wien. For more information about their achievements in aviation click here.
Ohio is the nation's leader in advanced propulsion and derivative power technology, providing a world-class research environment that includes two dedicated federal aerospace laboratories – Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton and NASA Glenn in Cleveland – and ten aerospace related doctoral programs at Ohio universities. Graduates of these institutions provide a cluster of highly skilled and educated workers. Ohio's aerospace industry is supported by the state's Ohio Third Frontier, a $1.6 billion initiative to help catalyze connections between companies and academia.
Tickets to the enshrinement reception are still available for purchase. For information or to order tickets, please call 937-256-0944 at extension 10.
A recent announcement by GE Aviation proves that Ohio’s aerospace advancements continue to take flight. The company recently announced a $200 million revitalization of its Evendale, Ohio headquarters, further strengthening Ohio’s reputation as a global leader in the aerospace industry.
The revitalization effort is a public-private partnership that includes a $100 million investment by GE Aviation for capital improvements, a 15-year Job Retention Tax Credit from the Ohio Department of Development (valued at over $100 million) and a $1 million dollar grant from the village of Evendale to launch the revitalization. Test and production facilities will be modernized, inefficient buildings will be razed and new equipment for long-term stability and growth will be acquired. The revitalization is expected to help retain 5,000 jobs while positioning Ohio as a premier location for growth in aerospace and aviation.
GE Aviation is a world-leader in providing commercial and military jet engines and components as well as avionics, electric power and mechanical systems for aircrafts. The company employs about 7,400 people in southern Ohio and northern Kentucky, with a payroll exceeding $600 million. GE is also one of Ohio’s leading exporters, taking advantage of Ohio’s central location and world-class multi-modal transportation infrastructure.
According to David Joyce, president and CEO of GE Aviation, Ohio’s talented aerospace workforce is why the company calls Ohio home. Ohio houses two federal laboratories, ten leading universities with doctoral-level programs in aerospace-related disciplines and over 450 aerospace manufacturers and suppliers. Ohio also leads the nation in advanced propulsion and power technology.
Click here to read more about the revitalization project.
Ohio has a strong history in the aerospace and aviation industry. The engineering and creative energy of the Wright Brothers working in Dayton made Ohio the "Birthplace of Aviation".
Today Ohio is leading the way for the advancement of new aerospace technologies in a wide variety of applications in aviation, space, near space, lighter-than-air, hypersonics, propulsion, sensors, instrumentation, communications, advanced materials, human effectiveness and others. In Ohio, federal, civilian and non-profit entities span the civilian and military and industrial product development spectrum in the aerospace and aviation industry.
Ohio-based Ohio Airships claims its Dynalifter will be the first new category of aircraft to fly in Ohio since the Wright Flyer more than 100 years ago. Designed to carry heavy loads over long distances, the Dynalifter isn't in production yet – but the sky’s the limit. Check out this video to find out more about the Dynalifter.
Ohio is the nation's leader in advanced propulsion and derivative power technology, providing a world-class research environment that includes two dedicated federal aerospace laboratories – Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton and NASA Glenn in Cleveland – and ten aerospace related doctoral programs at Ohio universities. Graduates of these institutions provide a cluster of highly skilled and educated workers. Ohio's aerospace industry is supported by the state's Ohio Third Frontier, a $1.6 billion initiative to help catalyze connections between companies and academia.