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Centennial Events
We
know . . . there are a lot of events! We don't pretend to list them all
here, but would be glad to add yours.
For
the North Carolina First Flight Centennial Event Calendar, visit NC
Travel and Tourism.
For the national event
roster, visit the U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission's comprehensive
calendar. A wonderful resource to browse, and organizers may
submit events for publication.
Events below are at Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kill Devil
Hills, NC unless otherwise noted.
MAY
2 to 4: 2003 MCAS Cherry Point Air
Show "From
the Beginning to the Beyond" celebrates 100 years of flight and
promises to be the biggest, baddest, fastest event ever hosted in
eastern North Carolina! This year's highlights include a "Friday
Night Show" with fireworks, concert and much more. Saturday and
Sunday, gates open at 8am for full days of thrills and chills featuring
the US Navy Blue Angels! Admission and parking are free. For more
information, click here
or call toll-free 1-866-WINGSNC.
20:
U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission
and Advisory Board meeting, 1:00 to 4:00 pm
21:
First Flight Centennial Pavilion Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony, 10:00 am
22:
First Flight Centennial Stamp First Day Issue (also in Dayton, Ohio)
JUNE
5: NC Symphony at
Roanoke Island Festival Park
9:
United States
Coast Guard Band Concert
14 and 15: Wright Kite Festival
20:
Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art in Greensboro, NC joins the
Celebration with programming in June, July and August. For more
information, click
here.
21 to 24: 27th Annual Air Race Classic. For more
information, click here.
JULY
1 to 3: "Wright Flight - A Symphonic Narrative" comes to Roanoke
Island Festival Park in Manteo as part of "illuminations"
Summer Performing Art Series. Presented by Lawrence Dillon, Interim Dean
of Music, NC School of the Arts. This
original orchestral composition blends music with the Wright brothers'
words and photographs. Performances are 8:00 pm all three nights; for
information call (252) 475-1506.
4: Transcontinental
Glider Race, finishes at Wright Brothers National Memorial, with the
Soaring Society Finale Celebration
6 to 9: RE/MAX Balloon Celebration
AUGUST
All month: 50th Anniversary of Cape Hatteras National
Seashore
19: National
Aviation Day and Orville's birthday
25: National Park Service Founders Day
SEPTEMBER
This month: Pushing
the Limits: Aviation Flight Research as seen through the NASA Art
Program opens at the Outer Banks History Center Gallery at Roanoke
Island Festival Park in Manteo, NC. The exhibit will open September 1
and continue through December 31, 2003. Sponsored by
GlaxoSmithKline. Open seven days a week, hours change seasonally, free
admission. For information, call 252-473-2655.
20: National
Air Tour visits Wright Brothers National Memorial. Beginning at
10:00 am, an anticipated 25 historic aircraft, including large transport
tri-motors, flying boats and open-cockpit biplanes from the 1920s and
‘30s, will be on public display around the base of Big Kill Devil
Hill. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see these aircraft and meet
the pilots!
26: American
Hero, American Legend. Billy Mitchell Celebration
27:
ICARUS International
Monument to a Century of Flight Ribbon Cutting
OCTOBER
10 and 11: Commemoration of 1902
Gliders and Hang Gliding Event
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
1-31: 100 Years, 100 Works presented by
Icarus International December 1 – 31 from 9a.m.-5 p.m. Festival Park
Art Gallery. Heralding the connection between creativity and invention,
one hundred works of flight inspired art will fill the Festival Park Art
Gallery. An opening reception will be held on Sunday, December 7 from 4
– 6 p.m. For more information call Icarus International at
252-441-6584 or Roanoke Island Festival Park at 252-475-1506.
6: The
Outer Banks Forum for the Lively Arts celebrates First Flight
Centennial by presenting Jim Walker and "Free Flight". From
Bach to Beethoven to Miles Davis to the Beatles: the leading flute
in Hollywood! Performance is Saturday, December 6 at 7:30pm at Kitty
Hawk Elementary School; tickets are $15 in advance/$17 at the door,
students 12-18 $5 with student I.D., accompanied children under 12 free.
For more information call 252-202-9732.
12 to 17: First
Flight Centennial Celebration at Wright Brothers National Memorial
13 - 17:
Outer Banks Aviation Film Festival, Roanoke Island Festival Park, The
Film Theatre. Highlighting the history of aviation on celluloid,
sponsored by the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau and Dare County.
Free.
December 13 - 4:00 pm: Battle of Britain; 7:00 pm: Airplane
December 14 - 4:00 pm: A Guy Named Joe; 7:00 pm: Thirty Seconds Over
Tokyo
December 15 - 4:00 pm: The Great Waldo Pepper; 7:00 pm: Wings
December 16 - 4:00 pm: Strategic Air Command; 7:00 pm: Spirit of St.
Louis
December 17 - 4:00 pm: Wings of Eagles; 7:00 pm: The Right Stuff
Stay tuned for updated
information as additional plans and activities are confirmed.
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