The Grimes Flying Lab Foundation

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The Grimes Flying Lab Foundation Local history of Grimes Lighting and The Flying Lab aircraft. Open April until October or by appt

Bowmanfest event in Louisville , Kentucky 10/3/26 . Great weekend with beautiful weather. Thank you to everyone who is c...
10/04/2026

Bowmanfest event in Louisville , Kentucky 10/3/26 . Great weekend with beautiful weather. Thank you to everyone who is coming out to the event and supporting our museum . We love sharing the history of the aircraft . Photo credit to Jocelyn Detwiler

The 60th Anniversary of the Grimes Quarter Century Club on September 26,2026 at Urbana Country Club . Thank you to all y...
09/27/2026

The 60th Anniversary of the Grimes Quarter Century Club on September 26,2026 at Urbana Country Club . Thank you to all you come out for the celebration . Thank you to all the board members / volunteers who keep continue the club .

Guest Speaker was Jessica Deere - museum coordinator who spoke about the Grimes Flying Lab foundation and how active volunteers are with getting the aircraft to events and speaking about the history of the aircraft and the history of Grimes Manufacturing company . Let’s continue to pass along the history for generations to come. Thank you to all the Grimes employees who help preserve history .

Thank you to Frank Drain who put together the slide presentation

09/21/2026

Due to construction of the runway at Grimes Field starting today September 21,2026 the aircraft has been moved to another airport to accommodate the remaining appearances on the schedule for the season .

Museum will not be open this weekend or next weekend October 3 . Will TBD if open in October . If there are cars in front of the hangar during the week please free feel to stop in . Thank you .

Going to small town events and getting kids and adults interested in aviation is a great feeling . We attended Darke Cou...
09/21/2026

Going to small town events and getting kids and adults interested in aviation is a great feeling . We attended Darke County event on Saturday and it was a great event . Everyone so excited to see and learn the history of the aircraft . Our pilot thought it would be a great opportunity for two young adults to help with the pre flight preparations and learn about the airplane . They were left speechless from the opportunity. Thank you to everyone who continues to support us . Hope someone on social media shares these photos with these young men .

Photo credit : Jessica Deere and Christine Detwiler

09/20/2026

The next schedule appearance for aircraft will be at Bowman fest in Louisville , KY October 2-4

Can’t wait to see everyone there !

Some pictures from Friday evening at the Balloon fest . Unfortunately it was cancelled the second evening due to weather...
09/20/2026

Some pictures from Friday evening at the Balloon fest . Unfortunately it was cancelled the second evening due to weather conditions

09/19/2026

The aircraft will NOT be attending Zanesville , Ohio event next weekend

At Darke County Event . Families are enjoying the airplane and the learning the history .
09/19/2026

At Darke County Event . Families are enjoying the airplane and the learning the history .

See you soon Darke County Heading to Darke County , Ohio event Weather looks decent
09/19/2026

See you soon Darke County

Heading to Darke County , Ohio event

Weather looks decent

09/14/2026

Update schedule
All events are weather permitting

Schedule appearances and museum hours

September 18 ( Friday ) Urbana Balloon fest 4-9 pm ( museum will be open during event )

September 19 ( Saturday ) - museum is closed
Aircraft at Darke County Ohio event 11-4pm
( due to logistics in afternoon museum will be TBD if open for Balloon fest )

September 26 ( Saturday ) - museum is closed
Zanesville Ohio appearance is cancelled
*The Grimes Quarter Century Club Dinner at Urbana Country Club starting at 5pm*

October 2-4 ( Friday though Sunday ) -aircraft at Bowmanfest event in Louisville , Ky
Museum is closed

Please contact for appointments outside of schedule times . If cars are parked out side during weekdays all are welcome to visit .

Please note the aircraft will be moved to another airport due to runway closure at Grimes Field starting September 21 through mid October .

Address

2815 Taylorsville Rd
Mechanicsburg, OH
40205

Opening Hours

10am - 1pm

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