top of page
Search

Champaign Aviation Museum Gala 2025

  • Mar 28, 2025
  • 1 min read
13th Annual Gala, Saturday May 3, 2025 • 5:30pm:

Saturday, May 3rd at 5:30pm | 13th Annual Gala with Keynote Speaker: MSgt. Dave Norman (Ret.), one of the last Marines to leave the rooftop of the United States Embassy in Saigon at the end of the Vietnam War - Tickets on sale now, click here! 



Dave Norman was an active duty Marine and Marine Reservist from September 1972 until November 2002.  During his time as a Marine, he volunteered for two tours of duty in Vietnam.  During his second tour of duty, he was involved in the evacuation of the American Embassy in Saigon and was on the very last helicopter to leave the rooftop of the American Embassy.  In January 1991, Dave volunteered to return to active duty in support of Desert Storm and was assigned to a Military Police unit at Camp Pendleton, CA.  After his time at Camp Pendleton, Dave remained on active duty as a Marine Corps Recruiter in southwest Ohio until he retired in November 2002 as a Master Sergeant.






Champaign Aviation Museum

1652 N. Main St., Urbana, OH 43078 | 937-652-4710




_____________________

 

Champaign Aviation Museum is Site #13 on the Aviation Trail











































__



 
 
 

Comments


See the Visitor Center page for details on hours and for a map.

Location

Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park 

16 S. Williams St., Dayton, OH 45402

Parking:

From W. Third St., turn south on Williams St and then turn left on Fourth St. Go 1/2 block and turn left into the Visitor Center parking area.

CLICK HERE for a parking map.

wilbear trademark

®

Volunteer logo
  • Facebook Social Icon
ATI logo

*The Parachute Museum archives were considered as perhaps the world's largest  private

parachute collection when assessed by experts from WPFB and the Smithsonian Institute.  

NPS logo

Aviation Trail, Inc.-

In Partnership with theNational Park Service

Also see more about the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park on Facebook.  

SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: Keep in touch with updates for Aviation Trail and Partner Sites. Subscribe to the free "Flight Log" monthly newsletter on the NEWSLETTER PAGE now, and see archives of previous print versions of the newsletter.

Aviation Trail does not sell, share, or distribute subscriber information to third parties.

Contact Aviation Trail, Inc.

CLICK HERE  avtrailinc@gmail.com

search logo

© Aviation Trail, Inc. 2026

bottom of page