by Karen Warlitner | Apr 6, 2015 | Announcements
April 6, 1912 Harriet Quimby is the first woman to fly across the English Channel. April 39, 1917 Pacific Aero Products changes its name to Boeing Aircraft Co. President-William E. Boeing April 20, 1930 Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh set a transcontinental speed...
by Karen Warlitner | Mar 30, 2015 | Announcements, Outer Banks
Foundation President, Will Plentl joins NPS Deputy Superintendent Mark Dowdle announcing a $12,500 donation of maintenance services for continued care and cleaning of the Pylon of the Wright Brothers National Memorial, affectionately referred to as “The...
by Karen Warlitner | Mar 2, 2015 | Announcements, Photo Galleries
We are pleased that exhibits from the 2003 Centennial, The Event of the Century, and Soaring 100 are now on permanent loan and exhibit at The NC Transportation Museum in Spencer, NC. The exhibits were on exhibit for 10 years in the First Flight Centennial Pavilions...
by Karen Warlitner | Dec 10, 2014 | Announcements
Special Appreciation to the North Beach Sun for taking us “Inside” . North Beach Sun Monument Cover Story
by Karen Warlitner | Oct 6, 2014 | Announcements
The Wrights of North Carolina! Yes, we claim the brothers as our own North Carolinians. Only one facet of the “friendlier” rivalry with the state of Ohio. The feature article of this issue of Our State magazine recounts how the Wrights’ time in...
by Karen Warlitner | Oct 6, 2014 | Announcements
The sculpture was a gift to the centennial and Wright legacy by the state of North Carolina. Sculptor, Stephen H. Smith Wright Brothers First Flight Centennial Memorial Commissioned by the State of North Carolina to celebrate the centennial Anniversary of flight...
