Walter and Olive Ann Beech Selected as 2023 Paul E Garber Shrine Honorees
Walter and Olive Ann Beech Selected as 2023 Paul E Garber Shrine Honorees The First Flight Society announced today that Walter and Olive Ann Beech [...]
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Our 2023 Events
Wilbur Wright Day April 16th (Celebrated on April 14th)
National Aviation Day August 19th
Wright Brothers Day December 17th
Wright Brothers Day 2022
We want to thank everyone for joining us on December 17th for Wright Brothers Day!
Whether it was in person or online we appreciate you participating. Please mark your calendar for the 120th Anniversary of the Wright Brothers First Flight on Sunday, December 17th, 2023.
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Call for Nominations for the 2024 Paul E Garber First Flight Shrine. Download Nomination Form [...]
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Home to Glenn, Armstrong and Wrights perfect spot for Space Command HQ, Ohio lawmakers tell Biden
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Congressional delegates from Ohio are promoting Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton as the location for the new Space Command headquarters. The bipartisan group said in a letter to President Joe...
AirSpace Bonus! Wronging the Wrights
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Season seven is over but don’t despair! We have some fun new things headed your way soon. In the meantime, we borrowed this episode from our friends at Smithsonian’s Sidedoor to tide you all over.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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Check out our sister site WrightBrothersDay.org for more information about the annual December 17th Celebration.
We would like to Thank and Highlight our 2022-23 Sponsors:
The Outer Banks Visitors Bureau
Here is more information if you would like to become a Sponsor, too