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Title: 106 years ago today: Wright Brothers' First Flight Celebrated On Outer Banks (North Carolina)
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WITN
URL Source: http://www.witn.com/news/headlines/79171222.html
Published: Dec 17, 2009
Author: WITN
Post Date: 2009-12-17 16:01:11 by X-15
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The First Flight Society and the National Park Service will continue the tradition of honoring the accomplishments of Wilbur and Orville Wright in December, at the 106th anniversary celebration of the first heavier than air powered flight. The event will take place at Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kill Devil Hills, and park entrance fees will be waived for the day. The observance will start at 8:30 a.m. on December 17 with a short wreath-laying ceremony at the exact spot where the famous first flight occurred. In this event, the Wright brothers and the witnesses of the first flight will be honored by the National Park Service and the descendents of the witnesses. This program segment will start at the Wright Brothers Visitor Center. The formal program begins at 9 a.m. in the First Flight Pavilion, preceded with a patriotic musical prelude by the Northeastern High School Band from Elizabeth City, NC. Nags Head Elementary School students participating in the Wright Flight academic achievement program will lead the Pledge of Allegiance. This year's distinguished guest speaker will be Amanda Wright Lane, the great grandniece of Wilbur and Orville. Mrs. Lane is representing the City of Dayton, Ohio and will pay tribute to her great-granduncles Wilbur and Orville Wright during her presentation. Dr. Tom Crouch, Senior Curator at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum will provide a tribute to this year’s honorees, Lieutenants Frederick E. Humphreys and Frank P. Lahm. This year’s inductees to the Paul E. Garber First Flight Shrine were the first military pilots trained by Wilbur Wright at College Park, MD in 1909, marking the beginning of military aviation. The annual aircraft fly-by will commence at 10:35 a.m., the documented exact moment of the Wrights’ first flight.
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