FFS Giving Day is August 19th!
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08, 2019
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08, 2019
FFS Giving Day is August 19th!
First Flight Society Giving Day is August 19th, 2019!
For 24 hours, sponsors, supporters, members and friends will come together and make a powerful statement of support for the First Flight Society’s mission to raise public awareness of the origin and future of aviation. Gifts to the First Flight Society Annual Fund on Giving Day make a lasting impact on the FFS and its programs.– to ensure future generations are educated and able to celebrate the lasting legacy of the Wright Brothers!
Giving Day offers First Flight Society supporters the chance to come together and make a tremendous cumulative impact. This year Giving Day is on National Aviation Day.
You can help us make First Flight Society Giving Day a big success! In the spirit of the Wright Brothers, donate to the FFS Annual Fund during Giving Day, August 19th!
#ffsgivingday
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07, 2019
More Events to Come in 2019!
We have had an exciting year so far, but we have more exciting events and announcements coming!
Events:
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National Aviation Day/Orville Wright’s Birthday August 19th
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First Flight Giving Day August 19th
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New FFS Member Program Coming Soon!
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Wright Brothers Play TBD
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116th Anniversary of Flight December 17th
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06, 2019
Wright Brothers National Memorial celebrates 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 moon landing, July 18-20
Wright Brothers National Memorial, in partnership with Outer Banks Forever, First Flight Foundation, and First Flight Society, will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing with a series of events from July 18-20.
The anniversary weekend launches the evening of July 18th with a special space-themed movie showing at Dowdy Park in Nags Head, sponsored by the First Flight Foundation. Special space-themed ranger-programs will take place Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
On July 20th, the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, the public is invited to watch a special rebroadcast of the news coverage of the original lunar landing outside the visitor center. Some visitors may remember that 50 years ago, on the evening of July 20, 1969, Wright Brothers National Memorial hosted a live […]
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05, 2019
Colonel Gail Halvorsen will be the 2019 Paul E Garber Shrine Honoree.
The 116th Anniversary of Powered Flight Event on December 17, 2019 will induct Col. Gail Halvorsen, USAF (Ret), the “Candy Bomber”, as a representative of the crews that flew the mission, and the Berlin Airlift (June 27, 1948 to May 12, 1949) on this 70th Anniversary of the completion of the great humanitarian event into the Dr. Paul E. Garber First Flight Shrine. The event will include having the Berlin Airlift Foundation C-54 and a C-47 on display to represent the “workhorses” of the airlift, and a flyover, all dependent on maintenance and weather. The event at the Wright Brothers National Memorial is free and open to the public. More details here as we solidify the program.
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05, 2019
Make an Impact this Mother’s Day!
It’s almost here—Mother’s Day is this Sunday, May 12!
When you shop Mother’s Day gifts at smile.amazon.com/ch/23-7365923, AmazonSmile donates to First Flight Society Incorporated.
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04, 2019
Have you registered for the 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 – Meal – Prizes
CAPTAIN’S CHOICE
4-PLAYER SCRAMBLE
Registration: B.J. Gourley, First Flight Society – 252.441.1903
Questions: Charlie Davidson – 252.548.9141
Registration and More information on our FFS Golf Tournament event page
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04, 2019
Happy Birthday Wilbur Wright!
‘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 of the air.”
Today is Wilbur Wright’s 152nd birthday. Wilbur was born on April 16, 1867 near Millville, Indiana. Wilbur was an inventor and his nickname was “Father of Modern Aviation”. Wilbur’s brother Orville was his playmate, co-inventor and business partner throughout his life. Wilbur and Orville lived in Dayton, Ohio most of their lives, but their most famous feat took place at Kill Devil Hill in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The Wright Brothers had their first successful airplane flight on December 17, 1903. Their Wright Flyer was the first powered, heavier-than-air machine to achieve controlled, sustained manned flight.
Happy Birthday Wilbur!
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04, 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 – Meal – Prizes
CAPTAIN’S CHOICE
4-PLAYER SCRAMBLE
Registration: B.J. Gourley, First Flight Society – 252.441.1903
Questions: Charlie Davidson – 252.548.9141
Registration and More information on our FFS Golf Tournament event page
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03, 2019
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 are generally recognized nationally and internationally for their achievements and contributions to aviation.
All nominations must be received no later than March 31st.
