Grimes Flying Lab

Website

n8640e.wixsite.com

Location

1652 N Main St
Urbana, OH 43078

Phone Number

(937) 652-4710

Lighting the path for flight.

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 Historic Grimes Field, 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.

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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