Historian Wright Brothers National Memorial Darrell Collins is a native of the North Carolina’s Outer Banks and resides in Manteo, on Roanoke Island. Graduated from Manteo High School in 1973. He is a graduate of Elizabeth City State University in North Carolina and...
Kitty Hawk, NC The First Flight Foundation is a 2011 recipient of the Wolf Aviation Fund for Soaring 100, which commemorates the international centennial celebration of Orville Wright’s world record glider flight of October 24, 1911. The public event will be held...
Paul Dees had his first soaring flight in a hang glider in 1984 on the California coast, ten years after his first attempt to fly a homebuilt bamboo hang glider. He was a basic instructor at Kitty Hawk Kites prior to earning his MS in Aeronautical Engineering. It was...
Under Lukasch’s leadership the museum has been awarded the title “National Memorial” by the State Minister for Culture and Media of the Federal Republic of Germany. In 1999, the museum was the first in the former East Germany to be awarded the...
Dr. Anderson holds a Bachelor of Aeronautical Engineering Degree from the University of Florida. He attended the Ohio State University under the National Science Foundation and NASA Fellowships, graduating with a Ph.D in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering....
