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Special Exhibits
During the First Flight Centennial, special exhibits
will be available in several locations.
FIRST FLIGHT CENTENNIAL PAVILION EXHIBIT HALL
The First Flight Centennial Pavilion Exhibit Hall, an
8,000-square-foot building, one of the three buildings
that comprised the $2-million, semi-permanent, 20,000
square-foot First Flight Centennial Pavilion; houses
interpretive and educational exhibits to enhance the
visitor experience. The Pavilion also provides a venue
to speakers and other activities to add to celebratory
events. The First Flight Centennial Pavilion Exhibit
Hall is open for regular visitor hours during the year,
and during celebratory event hours.
Exhibit: Outer Banks at the Turn of the Century.
Provided by the First Flight Foundation
and Outer Banks History Center
Provided by the First Flight Foundation and Outer Banks
History Center
Introduces the visitors into the Outer Banks of 1900.
Serves as aid in understanding why the Wright brothers
chose Kitty Hawk for their glider and flyer experiments,
and what the region was like at the turn of the century.
Aids in understanding the conditions in which the Wright
brothers lived and worked, and how the geography,
climate, people, etc. of the Outer Banks contributed to
the achievement of the first powered flight.
Exhibit: 100 Years of Powered Flight.
Provided by NASA Langley Research Center.
Provides several exhibit components including a NASA
Langley Touch screen Kiosk, information on current and
past NASA Langley achievements, NASA Langley's
contributions to other fields, a conceptual model of
future aircraft, and a series of changing exhibits -
Quieting the Skies, General Aviation Flight
Demonstrator, and NASA Discovery Boxes.
Exhibit: From Kitty Hawk to the Moon in 66
years.
Provided by the North Carolina First Flight
Centennial Commission
Illustrative panels and aviation videos, show how from
the ground-breaking twelve seconds of the first flight
at Kitty Hawk, to the glorious first steps on the moon,
men and women have conquered the vast challenges
presented to them in flight. Depicts that throughout the
history of ingenious inventors and fearless flyers,
heroes have emerged, records have been broken, and
pioneers have discovered. Women have flown solo across
the ocean, men have flown faster than the speed of
sound, and countless space shuttles have been launched
into space.
Exhibit: General Aviation; the impact of the
Wright Brother's Discovery on our World.
Provided by the General Aviation Manufacturers
Association
Introduces General Aviation, one of our nation's most
important and dynamic industries. Since the beginning of
powered flight by the Wright brothers in 1903, airplanes
have changed the way we live and work. Today, this
industry consists of innovative companies who have
carried on the spirit of the Wright brothers through
introduction of safe, efficient, and technologically
advanced aircraft and products.
Exhibit: Born of Dreams - Inspired by Freedom.
Provided by the U.S. Air Force
United States Air Force Centennial Exhibit addresses the
evolution of our nation's air forces, including the
Tuskegee Airmen, the Flying Tigers, and the WASPs.
Today, the United States Air Force flies across every
continent and all bodies of water to execute global
missions and deliver humanitarian support to those in
need.
Sponsors of the First Flight Centennial Pavilion
represent well-known aerospace and consumer companies,
including Northrop Grumman, American Airlines,
Gulfstream Aerospace, Bank of America, BB&T Charitable
Foundation, Bombardier, Curtiss-Wright, Dominion/North
Carolina Power, Duke Energy, FedEx Corporation, Sprint,
Jefferson Pilot, and the Wright Family Fund.
SPECIAL EXHIBITS ON THE GROUNDS, DECEMBER 12-17, 2003
Exhibit: Static Aircraft Display
Vintage and homebuilt aircraft will be displayed on the
park grounds including:
Ford
Tri-Motor (EAA)
1938
Beechcraft F-17D Staggerwing
1929
Consolidated Fleet (Dan White)
1934 Aeronca
C-3 (Dan White)
1941 Piper
J-3 Cub (Mike Nolan)
1946 Piper
J-3 Cub (Dan White)
CASA-212 (Blackwater
USA)
Aeronca Champ
(Will Saunders)
Stearman
(National Agricultural Association)
Fish and
Wildlife Cessna 206
1946 Aeronca
Chief
NC Forest
Service Plane
Cirrus
Centennial SR22 (Cirrus Corporation)
1947 Luscomb
(Wayne Williams)
BT-3 Trainer
NC Dept of
Agriculture Stearman
Crop Duster (Natinoal
Agricultural Association)
BK-117 (East
Care University Health Systems – 12/16-17)
Polen Special
(Dick & Debbie Keyt)
1978 Piper
Turbo (Robert Hill)
Helio Courier
(JAARS)
DC-3
(Piedmont Airlines)
AOPA Waco
Biplane
1953 Cessna
195 (Mike Spalding)
HH-60 Jayhawk;
HH-65 Dolphine; MH-68 (U.S. Coast Guard)
AS-350B
A-Star (NC Forest Service)
Cessna 185
(US Fish and Wildlife)
U.S. Army
Blackhawk
HH-60 (NC
National Guard)
HH-60
Blackhawk (U.S. Navy – 12/15/03)
T-34 (NC
Forest Service)
OH-58 (NC
National Guard)
1929
Consolidated Fleet (Dan White)
Bell Jet
Ranger (US Fish and Wildlife)
1941 Piper
J-3 Cub (Mike Nolan)
1946 Piper
J-3 Cub
BT-13 Trainer
(Janet McCullough)
V-22 Osprey
(U.S. Marine Corps - 12/15/03)
Albatross
(U.S. Coast Guard)
EAA – 4
planes
OH-58 (NC
Highway Patrol)
Exhibit: National Aeronautics Space and
Association (NASA)
The NASA Centennial of Flight Exhibit includes:
- Exhibit panels detailing NASA’s mission
- Shuttle Experience theatre
- Education Information Distribution Center
- Space Shuttle Main Engine
- Numerous Artifacts and Models
- Moon Rock
- Simulator
- Mock-up of the International Space Station, which
includes habitation module, laboratory module, docking
tunnel
- Downlink with the International Space Station on
Friday, December 12 from 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
- Mobile Aeronautics Education Laboratory, a
12-station aeronautics laboratory including Activity
Center, Aeronautics Interactive, Aircraft Design; Air
Traffic Control, GPS/Amateur Radio, Remote Sensing,
Resource Center; Virtual Reality; Weather, Wind
Tunnel; World Wide Web
Exhibit: United States Air Force
The "Cross Into The Blue" Tour is a high-tech,
interactive experience designed to educate the public on
today’s U.S. Air Force
- State-of-the-art Movie Theater – featuring a
6’x14’ movie screen and digital surround sound built
into a customized trailer. The movie features a 3 ½
minute, high-powered audio visual experience of what
it’s like to be inside today’s U.S. Air Force
- Air-to-Air Refueling Game – test your skills as a
boom operator on a refueling tanker
- Extreme Equilibrium Ride – experience the ‘spatial
disorientation’ pilots may encounter
- Special Ops Jumper Interactive – virtual reality
game that simulates a parachute jump
- Satellite Systems Display – showcases the detail
and intricacies of a GPS satellite
- F-16 Fighting Falcon – visitors can peer into the
cockpit of an actual F-16 fighter jet
- Interactive Kiosks – six computer kiosks built
into the side of the movie theater trailer features
trivia questions designed to educate visitors about
today’s U.S. Air Force in a fun and entertaining way
Exhibit: United States Coast Guard
The display backdrop includes nearly 100 historic
photos from the Coast Guard Archive, several aircraft
models, and two video montages that chronicle the
progression of flying machines used by the Coast Guard
since LT Elmer Stone’s first flight in 1917. The
centerpiece for the display is a full-size mockup of a
helicopter doorway and rescue basket that will allow
visitors to photograph family members and friends being
"rescued".
The remaining elements are designed to provide
hands-on activities for visitors….
- A pair of tabletop helicopter flight
demonstrators. These devices use mechanical linkages
to control a small tethered, electric-powered
helicopter to pick up survivors and land on ships. It
takes some concentration to pick up an object, but
it’s quick to learn and very safe and manageable for
young visitors.
- A fixed-wing hands-on demonstrator that allows
visitors to fly a Coast Guard airplane down a wire,
timing the drop of a raft to survivors in the water
below. This is a relatively simple device that kids of
all ages can operate.
- A crafts table where kids can make their own
flight suit "patches" from a standard adhesive sticker
and a variety of rubber stamps representing each of
the flight crew breast insignias.
Exhibit: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
FAA Air Traffic Command Center:
- The interior of this Command Center consists of
six controller consoles.
- One half of the interior space of the Command
Center is a recreation of the interior of an air
traffic control tower. The visitor will view air
traffic control equipment and "window space" above it.
As the visitor looks out of the air traffic cab
windows, he/she will view a surround of three screens
depicting one airport environment, showing views from
the control tower or from the flight deck of planes
taking off and landing.
- The opposite side of the Command Center exhibit is
fashioned after FAA National Radar Control/Command
Center. Visitors can sit at or stand behind three
stations, where "live" pre-taped traffic will be
displayed. One screen will display the National
airspace--tracking planes as they make their way
across the country. A second screen will who incoming
flight into the U.S. airspace from overseas. A third
screen will display a combination of air traffic and
weather patterns.
- In addition, the remaining pavilion will consist
of the "Safe Flight 21/Alaska Capstone" flight
simulator, demonstrating new cockpit technology
display for general aviation aircraft.
Exhibit: Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA)
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EAA’s Countdown to Kitty Hawk Touring Pavilion is
an impressive interactive exhibit visiting U.S. cities
and events throughout 2003 and into 2004. The
exposition celebrates the invention of first flight
and the ensuing possibilities that wondrous
achievement launched.
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EAA's Countdown to Kitty Hawk pavilion is a
hands-on experience, where visitors can take the
controls of innovative aircraft such as the DC-3 and
747 and fly through simulated skies or try their hand
at replicating the Wrights' first flight at a virtual
Kitty Hawk so real you can almost touch the sand and
feel the breeze on your face.
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The pavilion showcases EAA’s accurately reproduced
1903 Wright Flyer, while documents on display are
drawn entirely from the Library of Congress
collections. This story is further brought to life
through a theatrical re-enactment with actors
portraying 1903 Kitty Hawk resident Bill Tate -- and
fictional flying machine inventor, Travis Fowler, to
give visitors spirited insight into the remarkable
discovery of flight.
Exhibit: Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA)
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Tours of the $350,000, 900 square-foot Pilot
Facility at Wright Brothers National Memorial, which
was generously donated by AOPA to the Wright Brothers
National Memorial in 2003. The Pilot Facility includes
a dedicated pilot briefing room complete with a
computerized weather briefing system, route planning
software, telephones, wall-mounted navigation charts
and workspace for flight planning. The facility is
located adjacent to the 3,000-foot First Flight
Airfield and also provides rest rooms and space for an
air tour concession.
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The grand prize for AOPA’s Centennial of Flight
Sweepstakes – a 1940 WACO UPF-7 Biplane
- A small hospitality tent with displays on AOPA and
general aviation.
Exhibit: Dare County Schools
- Partnering with NASA, the Toothpick Air Force, and
Kitty Hawk Kites
to provide
interactive educational opportunities
- This exhibit will also showcase local students’
centennial-related art and essay display from the
First Flight Contest during the 2000-2001 school year
- A mosaic of the Wright Memorial by Manteo Middle
School Students
- Wright Flight Program
- Kids will have the opportunity to make toy
airplanes
Exhibit:
First Flight Society - Outer Banks Stamp Club – United
States Postal Service
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A display
of First Flight-related Philatelic materials
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Fiberboard
poster of 1900 photo of Kitty Hawk Post office
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Quote from
letter of postmaster William S. Tate to Wilbur Wright
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First
Flight Stamps, framed mementos, and commemorative
cachets to celebrate the event will be sold on site.
SPECIAL EXHIBITS IN THE VISITOR CENTER, DECEMBER
12-17, 2003
Exhibit: Exhibit on Wright Brothers Artifacts
from Gianni Caproni Museum at Trento, Italy
Provided in partnership with the Caproni Museum, The
National Park Service and Wright State University
The Gianni Caproni Museum of Italy exhibit will display
artifacts related to the Wright brothers and their early
association with Italian aviation This is the first time
this exhibit has visited the United States. Wilbur
Wright, being the first to successfully pilot a plane in
Italy, is recognized by Italy as a pioneer of Italian
aviation. Wilbur also trained the first successful
Italian pilot, Mario Calderara. Gianni Caproni, know as
the father of Italian aircraft industry, used the Wright
brothers engine design for several of his aircraft.
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