Two days of events commemorating the 110th Anniversary of Powered Flight planned for Kill Devil Hills, NC. On Tuesday, December 17, 2013, the First Flight Society and the National Park Service continues the tradition of honoring the accomplishments of Wilbur and Orville Wright at the 110th anniversary celebration of the first heavier-than-air powered flight. This event takes place at Wright Brothers National Memorial.
Scheduled events for the day include, an observance with a patriotic musical
prelude by the Northeastern High School Band from Elizabeth City, NC.
A formal program begins in the First Flight Pavilion with
opening remarks from First Flight Society President Geneva Perry followed by
NPS Superintendent Barclay Trimble. Speakers include Park Ranger Darrell
Collins, Dr. Tom Crouch, Senior Curator of the Division of Aeronautics -
Smithsonian Institution and delivering the keynote will be Louis Mancini, Boeing Senior Vice President for Commercial
Aviation Services. The First Flight Society will pay tribute to William Edward
Boeing as the 2013 inductee into the First Flight Society's Paul E. Garber First
Flight Shrine.
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The visitor center is open at 9 a.m. Interpretive talks in the Flight Room
Auditorium at 1 p.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m., and 4 p.m.
Flying Musicians Association will provide music, Symphony in the Sky: A Correlation
Between Aviation and Music and staff their informational booth at the annual
FIRST FLIGHT CELEBRATION. FMA members Billy Gee and John Zapp along with Donnie
Story will provide music at the Pre-Flight Celebration Dinner/Banquet at the
Hilton Garden Inn, Kitty Hawk, NC on Monday, December 16th.
For more information on William Edward Boeing and his
induction into the First Flight Society's Paul E. Garber First Flight Shrine,
please visit www.firstflight.org. For more information about the event, call Wright Brothers
National Memorial at (252) 473-2111.