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--July, 2010 - (Urbana, OH) - Aviation pioneer, Warren Grimes, a native of Urbana, is inducted posthumously into the National Aviation Hall of Fame. Grimes - the father of aircraft lighting and inventor of aircraft navigation instruments - made it possible for airplanes to fly day and night in wartime and peacetime. The Urbana Daily Citizen chronicled Grimes' contributions to aviation throughout much of the 20th century and the newspaper also covered his induction into the NAHF in Dayton.












