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The extra time gave the National Aviation Heritage Alliance the opportunity to organize the tour of historic locales.
“This is the first opportunity we’ve had to give a heritage tour to one of the military jet teams,” said Timothy Gaffney, a NAHA spokesman.
Members of the team visited the National Park Service’s Wright-Dunbar Interpretive Center and Wright Cycle Co. in Dayton, a parachute museum, the Wright Brothers Aviation Center at Carillon Historical Park, Hawthorn Hill, the Wright family mansion in Oakwood, the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force and the National Aviation Hall of Fame, tour organizers said.
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About 30 members of the team took turns flying in the twin-engine B-25 “Champaign Gal” on Wednesday afternoon at Grimes Field in Urbana.
Credit: DaytonDailyNews
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