‘The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who … looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space … on the infinite highway […]
Year: 2019
FFS Golf Tournament on Saturday, May 4th!
FIRST FLIGHT SOCIETY ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2019 SEA SCAPE GOLF LINKS KITTY HAWK, NC $75/PLAYER / $300 PER 4-MAN TEAM Green Fees – Cart […]
First Flight Shrine Nomination Deadline Approaching.
We are accepting nominations for the First Flight Society Paul E. Garber First Flight Shrine for 2020. Nominees should have made an outstanding accomplishment in manned flight and that they […]
Why Should You Donate to FFS?
Donate. You see this almost every day from one organization or another. You get telephone calls. You get letters. You see it on television. You hear it on the radio. […]
Commander Stewart Ross Graham
Inducted in 2016 Pioneered helicopter rescue techniques 1917-2016 Inducted into the Paul E. Garber First Flight Shrine at Wright Brothers National Memorial on December 17, 2016, celebrating the 113th Wright […]
Captain Frank A. Erickson
Inducted in 2016 Pioneered helicopter rescue techniques 1907-1978 Inducted into the Paul E. Garber First Flight Shrine at Wright Brothers National Memorial on December 17, 2016, celebrating the 113th Wright […]
Elrey Borge Jeppesen
Inducted in 2017 Creator of the “little Black Book”-Founder of Jeppesen Company 1907-1996 Inducted into the Paul E. Garber First Flight Shrine, December 17, 2017. While flying across the country […]
Katherine G. Johnson
Inducted in 2018 NASA research mathematician 1918-2020 A NASA mathematician for 33 years, Mrs. Johnson was the first female to author a NASA research report and is most known for […]
FFS is Accepting Nominations for the First Flight Shrine.
We are accepting nominations for the First Flight Society Paul E. Garber First Flight Shrine for 2020. Nominees should have made an outstanding accomplishment in manned flight and that they […]