Dayton Air Show’s economic impact more than $5M

DAYTON — The Dayton Air Show is just days away and people from all over the country are coming to watch.

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“We’ve got folks coming in from England,” said Scott Buchanan, chairman of the United States Air & Trade Show. “A lot of folks coming from all over the world.”

No matter near or far, each of these visitors makes an impact.

As reported on News Center 7 at 5:00, The air show’s overall economic impact is more than $5 million.

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“That’s a two-day event. So that’s a huge impact over two days,” Buchanan said.

On top of that, Buchanan says with Dayton being the birthplace of aviation, the air show is a source of pride for the community— a way to highlight the aviation legacy still going on today.

“I think it helps again, highlight those, those entities over behind us. We got Sierra Nevada, that’s a contractor. You can see military aircraft sitting there right now. So there’s a lot of business that goes on here,” Buchanan said.

A growing legacy the Titan Aviation Team is proud to now be apart of.

“It’s great to come up here because there’s so much history in the state of Ohio with aviation,” Jimmy Fordham said.

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