{"id":3093,"date":"2019-06-03T16:32:57","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T20:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aviationheritagearea.org\/?p=3084"},"modified":"2019-06-03T16:32:57","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T20:32:57","slug":"2019-aviation-writers-summit-draws-journalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visitnaha.com\/2019-aviation-writers-summit-draws-journalists\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 Aviation Writers Summit draws journalists"},"content":{"rendered":"

DAYTON, Ohio\u2014Aviation and travel journalists from around the United States got a heavy dose of aviation heritage last week in the National Aviation Heritage Area\u2019s 2019 Aviation Writers Summit.
\nFrom Wednesday through Friday, May 29-31, prominent aviation magazine editors and freelance travel writers took an immersive tour of the aviation heritage sites within the Area and learned about the volunteer-driven organizations that operate them.
\nThe group included Emily Carney, National Space Society<\/a> writer and freelance blogger; Dr. Peggy Chabrian, founder and president of Women in Aviation International<\/a>, which publishes Aviation for Women<\/em>; Mike Collins, technical editor of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association\u2019s AOPA Pilot<\/em><\/a>; Chase Guttman<\/a>, international travel writer and photographer; Rob Mark, senior editor of Flying<\/em><\/a>, and Christine Negroni<\/a>, an international travel writer who has featured the Dayton region in national publications.
\nBecause this is the year of Apollo 11’s 50th anniversary<\/a>, the 2019 Aviation Writers Summit focused on heritage sites and exhibits with connections to spaceflight, Apollo 11 and Neil Armstrong. Two early-arriving participants flew on Wright B Flyer Inc.\u2019s<\/a> Wright Model B lookalike, a one-of-a-kind airplane Neil Armstrong flew during a private visit in December 2007.
\nOther space-related highlights included the National Museum of the U. S. Air Force, including its Space Gallery<\/a>; the National Aviation Hall of Fame<\/a>, and the Armstrong Air and Space Museum<\/a> in Wapakoneta. While in Wapakoneta, they had lunch in Neil Armstrong\u2019s boyhood home<\/a>, now a private residence.
\nAnother highlight was a flight on the B-25J Champaign Gal, a restored World War II-era bomber operated by the Champaign Aviation Museum<\/a> on Historic Grimes Field<\/a> in Urbana.
\nNAHA previously held Aviation Writers Summits<\/a> in 2015 and 2017. Each summit has resulted in national publicity for the Heritage Area and its partners.
\nAbout the National Aviation Heritage Area<\/strong>
\nThe National Aviation Heritage Area<\/a> is one of 55 U. S. National Heritage Areas under a program administered by the National Park Service and the only one dedicated to aviation heritage.\u00a0It encompasses eight counties in southwestern Ohio: Montgomery, Greene, Miami, Clark, Warren, Champaign, Shelby, and Auglaize counties. The National Aviation Heritage Alliance (NAHA) is a not-for-profit corporation designated by Congress as the Area\u2019s management entity.
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