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Shed new light on your appreciation for aircraft lighting and learn more about the man who was dedicated to making flight safer at night by visiting the Grimes Flying Laboratory museum.
Located at Grimes Field in Urbana, Ohio—northeast of Dayton—the Grimes Flying Lab Foundation is dedicated to the Flying Lab test vehicle, as well as preserving the legacy of Warren G. Grimes, the father of aircraft lighting, born just a few miles from where the Wright brothers lived and worked.
Warren G. Grimes, an enshrinee of the National Aviation Hall of Fame, produced his first airplane lights in his garage in 1933. By World War II, Grimes Manufacturing Company had grown to produce lighting for the needs of military aviation. Today, Grimes (Honeywell) continues to design, develop and manufacture lighting systems for aviation, aerospace and transportation industries.
At the Grimes Flying Lab museum, you will see the Flying Lab—a Beech 18 that served in the Air Force as the C-45. Built in 1952, this C-45H was a valuable tool for Grimes engineers to test and evaluate aircraft exterior lighting systems under various conditions while actually in flight. Volunteers for the Flying Lab Foundation, recently spent nine years restoring this beautiful aircraft after it sustained wing damage in 1986 and spent nearly fourteen years lying abandoned in a field.
While at Grimes Field to see the Flying Lab, you’ll also want to see the memorabilia from the life of Warren G. Grimes and the Grimes Manufacturing Company, along with historical and modern aircraft lighting products.
The Grimes Flying Lab and museum will illuminate your understanding of aircraft lighting that makes aviation safer for all of us.
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