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Further south, Wapakoneta Dayton, is the National Museum
Lake Erie
is astronaut Neil Armstrong’s of the United States Air Force,
Toledo
hometown. In the Air & Space the world’s largest and oldest
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‘one small step’ on the moon in Wright Patterson Air Force Base.
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1969; see a lunar rock, Apollo See 400 planes, including a
Akron
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11 artefacts, the Gemini VIII Sopwith Camel, World War II
spacecraft and much more. B-17 bomber Memphis Belle
Canton
Ohio has long been at the and a Northrop B-2 Spirit, the
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Berlin
leading edge of new technology. eerie ‘stealth bomber’.
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A century ago, Dayton was As well as the original 1905
buzzing with inventors, most Wright Flyer III, the fi rst plane
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famously the Wright brothers. capable of properly-controlled
Columbus
Start in the Aviation Heritage fl ight, the collection includes
Dayton
Pickerington
National Historical Park, with a Dayton-built 1908 Stoddard
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ROUTE: Round-trip
from Cleveland
shop, then move on to Carillon built in nearby Xenia. Outside
Kings Island
Park DISTANCE: 600 miles
Historic Park. Dayton is Huffman Prairie Flying
Cincinnati
ALLOW: 7 days
Also here, just outside Field, where, nine months after
High thrills – and Snoopy!
the ‘fi rst fl ight’ at Kitty Hawk,
– at Cedar Point
the Flyer completed a full circle,
travelling nearly one mile in one
minute and 36 seconds. Nearby,
the National Museum of the
United States Air Force continues
the story.
Beautiful Columbus hosts
the Ohio State Fair Down on the banks of
the mighty Ohio River is
Cincinnati. The Queen City
is known for handsome homes,
riverboats and its role as a
border town with the South.
Slaves who escaped north to
Ohio inspired Harriet Beecher
Stowe to write Uncle Tom’s
Cabin. Her former home is
a shrine to the Abolitionist
Movement, as is the National
Underground Railroad Freedom
Center. Peculiar to the city is
Cincinnati-style chilli, served
over spaghetti, with a choice:
DON’T MISS
cheese, beans, onions, or the lot!
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