First Flight Society News & Events

Wright Brother's Memorial

The Wright Brothers Monument at Wright Brothers National Memorial is a striking Art Deco style structure that commemorates the first sustained flight in a heavier-than-air machine on December 17, 1903. Made of granite and over 60 feet high, it is perched dramatically on the top of a grassy hill in the Kill Devil Hills area of the Outer Banks of North Carolina between Nags Head and Kitty Hawk.


Upcoming Events

Sponsor packages are available. 

2013

August 19 - Orville Wright's birthday and National Aviation Day Celebration

DECEMBER

110th Wright Brothers Anniversary of Powered Flight
CALENDAR OF EVENTS--DECEMBER 16-17, 2013

All events are open to the public, but reservations are required for the Pre-Flight Celebration Dinner and the Annual Luncheon.
Call 252-441-1903 to make reservations for these events.

Monday, December 16:
Pre-Flight Celebration - to be announced 


Tuesday, December 17: Wright Brothers National Memorial Pavilion
8:45 AM – 9:00 AM Northeastern High School Band Concert
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM 110th Anniversary Ceremonies
10:35 AM - Military and civilian aircraft flyover
 

  • Presentation of Colors

  • Pledge of Allegiance

  • National Anthem

  • Invocation

  • Official Welcome by Superintendent Barclay Trimble

  • Recognition of Special Guests

  • Wright Brothers Story: Darrell Collins, Historian, National Park Service

  • Introduction of Keynote Speaker

  • Keynote Address

  • Tribute to Honoree and Induction to Shrine

  • 10:35 AM Aviation Fly-By - Tribute to the Wright Brothers

  • 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM Placing of the Wreaths – Boulder Site  (Darrell Collins, NPS Historian, Presiding and Wreath presentations - 1903 Witness Descendants and Founding Fathers familiies
     

12:30 PM – 2:00 PM - Annual Luncheon and First Flight Society Annual Meeting

Call to order - President Geneva Perry

Invocation

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Recognition of Guests

Luncheon Speaker

Presentation:  Colonel James E. "Red" Smith Distinguished Service Award

Other Announcements

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2:15 PM – 3:00 PM Annual Business Meeting and Election of Directors - First Flight Society – Hilton Garden Inn - Ballots for the Election of Directors will be distributed to members in good standing at the luncheon.

 

All events subject to change.

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Links

Business Sponsors

Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association:  http://www.aopa.org
Awful Arthur's Oyster Bar: http://www.awfularthursobx.com
Black Pelican Oceanfront Cafe: http://www.blackpelican.com
Coastal Impressions: http://www.coastalimpressions.com/
Currituck Airport: http://www.co.currituck.nc.us/
East Carolina Bank:  http://ecbbancorp.com
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University:  http://www.erau.org
General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA):  http://www.gama.aero
George Preddy Memorial Foundation: http://www.preddy-foundation.org
Honda Aircraft:  http://www.hondajet.honda.com
National Air Transportation Authority:  http://www.nata.aero
National Business Aviation Association:  http://www.nbaa.org
Northrop Grumman: www.northropgrumman.com
Outer Banks Chamber of Commerce: http://www.outerbankschamber.com
Outer Banks Internet, Inc.: http://www.outerbanksinternet.com
Outer Banks Visitors Bureau: http://www.outerbanks.org
Roanoke Island Festival Park: http://www.roanokeisland.com
Town of Kill Devil Hills: http://www.kdhnc.com
Town of Kitty Hawk: http://www.townofkittyhawk.org
Town of Nags Head: http://www.townofnagshead.net
Virginia Aviation Foundation: http://www.vaaf.org/
Women in Aviation, International:  http://www.wai.org

School-based programs

The Wright Flight program: http://www.wrightflight.org
The Wright Flight North Carolina program:  http://www.wrightflight-nc.org
 

Wright brothers, other pioneers of flight, and general aviation information

Dare County Airport: http:// www.fly2mqi.com
Dayton, Ohio: http:// www.nps.gov/daav
Fayetteville, NC, Festival of Flight: http://www.festivalofflight.org
National Park Service: http://www.nps.gov/wrbr
North Carolina Tourism: http://www.visitnc.com
Outer Banks Visitors Bureau: http://www.outerbanks.org
The Wright Experience: http://www.wrightexperience.com
Wright Brothers National Memorial: http://www.nps.gov/wrbr