2021 Paul E Garber Honoree Announcement April 16th.
April 16th, 2021 will be Wilbur Wright's 154th Birthday. It's also the day that we announce our 2021 Paul E Garber Honoree. We will be [...]
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Celebrate Wilbur Wright’s 154th Birthday Online
Join us online to celebrate Wilbur Wright's birthday! Check out our Facebook page at noon [...]
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Honorary Members 2020:
Colonel Gail Halvorsen, Brigadier General Charles McGee, Lieutenant Colonel Dick Rutan, Sean Tucker, Patty Wagstaff
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First Flight Society’s online store features a wide variety of items and gifts. First Flight Society is a non-profit partner of Wright Brothers National Memorial. All purchases from the First Flight...
Celebrate Wilbur Wright's 154th Birthday Online
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Join us online to celebrate Wilbur Wright's birthday! Check out our Facebook page at noon for an interview with Wilbur Wright (Paul Carr) conducted by lifetime member Alfred Poor! We will be announcin...Please Consider Donating
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Paul E Garber Shrine
In 1966, the Kill Devil Hills Memorial Association was rekindled as the newly-incorporated First Flight Society. A keystone of the Society’s work today is the close support it offers the National Park Service at the Wright Brothers National Memorial. The Society established the Paul E. Garber First Flight Shrine, a portrait gallery that surrounds the Wright Flyer reproduction displayed in the Park’s visitor center at the Memorial.
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