Wright Cycle Company Shop — Attraction in Dayton

The Cycle Shop is open to tours every half hour starting at 9:30am. The tour is free and you should make sure to save time for this as it is closed otherwise. Our tour Ranger was Maurice for the Cycle Shop when we left the Wright-Dunbar Interpretive Center. He explained about the shop (bike and printing). The Bike Shop was on the ground floor, while the Printing Company was on the second floor. This is also where they worked on the parts for the Flyer. They have a reproduction of the ‘Snap-Shots’ which was printed here by them. They didn’t have much about the printing company and was more about the Cycle Shop.

This is where they made their bike called the ‘Wright Special’ and sold them...

Honestly I was a bit disappointed. Perhaps I set my expectations too high or something. I was expecting a lot more artifacts but most of it were replications. It seems as if there's nothing left or perhaps another museum is holding all this stuff. Where was this famous windbox tunnel they used to perfect the wings? The staff was very accommodating though and it was nice to be able to walk down the street to 7 Hawthorne Rd. They've done a good job of preserving what they do have all things considered. I just left feeling like I wasn't fulfilled. Even one of thier actual planes is off at another facility. Why not here? I'm still glad I could...

The Wright Brothers, Paul Dunbar and Parachutes all have a section of this museum. I skipped everything but the Wright Brothers because I was short on time. The staff was courteous, there was a nice (though small) gift shop and there were a couple of activities that were cool like flying a Wright Flyer Simulator and a movie about the Wright Brothers.

The museum had a lot of information about life around Dayton and the life of the Wright Brothers outside of aviation. It's free to check it out - I recommend it for all aviation/history enthusiasts.

Expect to spend about 90...