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20 11, 2023

First Flight Society Announces 2023 Class of Honorary Members

KITTY HAWK, N.C. – November 19, 2023 – The First Flight Society announces two new Honorary Lifetime Members: Record holder Mack Rutherford, and pilot Erik Lindbergh.

Mack Rutherford became the youngest person to fly solo around the world and the youngest person to fly a microlight aircraft solo around the globe. Now 18, Mack started his 5-month journey at age 17. Mack landed in Sofia, Bulgaria on August 24, 2022, completing a trip that took him across 52 countries. Mack was born to British parents but has grown up in Belgium. He joins his older sister Zara Rutherford as a First Flight Society Honorary Lifetime member.

Erik Lindbergh is a pilot, adventurer, artist and entrepreneur. He is the Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of VerdeGo Aero which provides Powertrain Systems and Engineering Services to the electric aircraft industry. Erik is the Co-Host of […]

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15 04, 2025

Celebrate Wilbur Wright’s Birthday With The First Flight Society On Wednesday, April 16th!

KITTY HAWK, N.C. – March 27, 2025 – PRLog — The First Flight Society will celebrate the 4th annual

Wilbur Wright Day event, a luncheon at the Hilton Garden Inn Outer Banks/Kitty Hawk on Wednesday,

April 16th, 2025. The event runs from 11AM-2PM featuring the subject Celebrating Wilbur Wright’s

Choice of Kitty Hawk and the Impact of That Choice on the Development of the Outer Banks.

Speakers include Captain Paul Carr as the Spirit of Wilbur Wright, National Park Interpreter Adonis

Osekre, and Dare County Vice Chairman Steve House. Carr and House are both board members of the

First Flight Society.

Sponsors and partners will be recognized as part of the event. An additional highlight will be a silent

auction to raise money for […]

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23 01, 2025

Introducing the 2025 First Flight Society Board of Directors

The First Flight Society announces its Board of Directors for 2025.

Paul Wright Jameson was elected as President, succeeding Mike Fonseca. Paul is a great great nephew of Wilbur and Orville Wright.

The rest of the Executive Committee was appointed as follows:

Vice President-K. Lynn Tadlock
Education Committee Chair-Judith Fearing
Event Committee Chair-Paul Carr
Finance Committee Chair-Erica Paynter
Governance Committee Chair-Mark Flynn
Marketing/Membership Chair-K. Lynn Tadlock

National Advisory Committee Chair-William Douglas


Immediate Past President-Mike Fonseca

The rest of the 2025 board consists of:

Sara Lou Copeland, M. Roy Daniels, III, Dr Charles Davidson, Orestes Gooden, Penny Leary-Smith and Mark Russell. Steve House, Paul O’Neal, and Debbie Ferrell Moore are new to the board this year. Steve is Vice Chairman of the Dare County Board of Commissioners, Paul is Chairman of the Currituck County Board of Commissioners, […]

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