The Grimes Flying Lab Museum 2024 season update:
Schedule for The Grimes Flying Lab Museum is April - October months with hours of 10am- 1pm
(open only on Saturdays / call for special appointments)
April 6 museum is open for the 2024 season at 10 am
April 8 for the solar eclipse the museum will be open to the public. Snacks and drinks will be for sale . The public is welcome to bring a lawn chair. More details on Grimes Airport webpage.
Aircraft will attend
• Columbus air show June 14-16 ( not confirmed yet )
• Dayton Air Show June 22-23
• Urbana , Ohio July 4th celebration ( aircraft will fly at dusk )
July 13-14 Barn Storming Carnival at Springfield -Beckley Municipal Airport
September Labor Day weekend
Red Stewart Airfield Waynesville , Ohio -August 31
Ring of Fire Event Indian Lake Russels Point , Ohio
September 21- Bucyrus Ohio airport fly in event
September 28- Zanesville Airport Zanesville , Ohio EAA Chapter Event
October - Military Appreciation Flyover for Urbana High School
Mark calendars now ! In 2025 will be the 50th anniversary of when our original pilot Earl Bennett took the Grimes Flying Lab Beech 18 to Paris , France for the Paris Air show . More details will be coming at a future date .
About Grimes Flying Lab Museum:
Located at Grimes Field in Urbana, the "lab" is a Beech 18 that served the U.S. Air Forces as a C-45 and was modified to a C-45H as a test bed for aircraft nighttime lighting systems. The aircraft was a valuable tool for engineers who worked for Warren G. Grimes - the father of aircraft lighting - before and during World War II to advance developments for safer flight at night. Grimes produced his first airplane lights in his garage in 1933 and by World War II his company had grown to produce lighting for military aviation. Besides memorabilia from Grimes' life and Grimes Manufacturing Co., historical and modern aircraft lighting products are displayed.
Grimes Flying Lab Foundation
1636 N. Main St. Urbana, Ohio 43078 https://n8640e.wixsite.com/grimesflyinglab or www.facebook.com/GrimesFlyingLab
Grimes Flying Lab Foundation is a a 501(c)(3) organization.
Grimes Flying Lab is Site #14 on the Aviation Trail