National Aviation Day celebrated with historic planes, speakers, displays, food trucks and more
By Mary Helen Goodloe-Murphy
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09, 2023
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07, 2020
Make Plans to Attend National Aviation Day August 19th, 2020
Make plans to join First Flight Society for our National Aviation Day Event on August 19th. We will be celebrating National Aviation Day and Orville Wright’s birthday at the Dare County Regional Airport (MQI). There will be representatives from First Flight Society and several other Aviation and Outer Banks organizations, as well as educational displays. Exhibitors include Kitty Hawk Kites, Elizabeth City State University, and the Military Aviation Museum. The Military Aviation Museum will be bringing one of their World War II warbirds!
Free and fun for the whole family. Event hours will be 10:00 AM-4:00 PM.
The Dare County Airport is located at:
410 Airport Road
Manteo, NC 27954
Look out for more details here and through email and social media as we get closer.
Please RSVP on our Facebook event page.
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03, 2020
Canceled–The Second Annual FFS Golf Tournament is Saturday, May 16th, 2020
Saturday, May 16th, 2020
FIRST FLIGHT SOCIETY ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT
SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2020
Starts at 9:00 AM
SEA SCAPE GOLF LINKS KITTY HAWK, NC
300 W. Eckner Street, Kitty Hawk, NC 27949
$75/PLAYER / $300 PER 4-MAN TEAM
INCLUDES GREEN FEE, CART, & POST MATCH MEAL AT SANDTRAP TAVERN
CAPTAIN’S CHOICE
4-PLAYER SCRAMBLE
Registration: B.J. Gourley, First Flight Society – 252.441.1903
Questions: Charlie Davidson – 252.548.9141
Registration and Sponsorship forms are available to download below:
Golf Tourney Registration Form
16
10, 2018
Grand Reopening of the Wright Brothers National Memorial Visitor Center this Saturday.
Join the First Flight Society this Saturday, October 20th at the Wright Brothers National Memorial Park. We will have a table set up and we encourage all current and future members to stop by and say Hi. Anyone who joins the FFS during the grand reopening event will receive a complimentary copy of The Wright Brothers by David Mccullough.
Here is more information from the National Park Service about the Grand Reopening:
On Saturday, October 20, Wright Brothers National Memorial will hold a grand reopening ceremony for its National Historic Landmark visitor center. The park will be open from 9:00 am until 5:00 pm. Entrance fees will be waived on this very special day.
The Wright Brothers National Memorial Visitor Center was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 2001.
Starting at 9:30 am, the grand reopening ceremony will feature speeches by National Park Service Southeast Regional Director Robert Vogel and National Parks of Eastern North Carolina Superintendent David […]
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04, 2017
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 150th 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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03, 2017
Wilbur’s Birthday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WILBUR! Fourth Graders at First Flight Elementary will be surprised to see Orville and Wilbur Wright drop by the classrooms on Tuesday, April 18 to recognize Wilbur Wright’s 150th birthday (April 16)! Representatives of the National Park Service from the Wright Brothers Memorial Park will accompany the Orville & Wilbur to explain the NPS Kids in Parks program. Open to all fourth graders, nationwide Get program information at: https://www.nps.gov/kids/index.cfm
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03, 2017
Come Celebrate Wilbur Wright’s Birthday With Us!
Please join The First Flight Society the weekend of April 15-16, 2017 at the Wright Brothers National Memorial to celebrate Wilbur Wright’s birthday. Wilbur was born April 16th, 1867 near Millville, Indiana, to Milton and Susan Wright. Pencil this weekend on your calendar and we will provide more details as we get closer to the event.