Thu, Dec 16, 2010
Monument To Be Erected Thursday, Annual Program Friday
Friday marks the 107th anniversary of the first flight at Kitty
Hawk, NC, and the First Flight Society has a series of events
scheduled to celebrate the day.
Thursday, a pylon at the Monument to a Century of Flight will be
dedicated to Women in Aviation. This event will occur at 3pm
and begin at the Hilton Garden Inn in Kitty Hawk. Major
General Jerry Rogers, President of the Friends of the Monument will
open the ceremony. Attendees include:
- Dr. Peggy Chabrian, President and Founder, Women in Aviation
International
- Ms. Susan Larson, International President, The Ninety-Nines,
Inc.
- Ms. Betty Shotton, CEO and Founder, LiftOff Leadership
- Ms. Betty Skelton Erde, First Flight Shrine honoree for
2010
- Ms. Patty Wagstaff, National & International Aerobatic
Champion
- other aviators and First Flight Society members
Following remarks by selected guests, the event will move to the
Monument to a Century of Flight, across the highway from the
Hilton. The pylon dedication is open to the public. The
Wright Brothers Anniversary Banquet is also planned for Thursday
night.
A full slate of events is scheduled for Friday morning,
including a placing or wreaths at the historical site, along with a
telling of the Wright Brothers story by Darrell Collins, Historian
Wright Brothers National Memorial. The society will hold its annual
luncheon and meeting at noon at the Hilton Garden Inn in Kitty
Hawk, with Guest Speaker Dr. Julie Hedgepeth Williams, a journalism
professor at Samford University. She received a B.A. in English and
history from Principia College in Elsah, Illinois, and a Master's
in journalism and a Ph.D. in mass communications from the
University of Alabama. Dr. Williams is the author of the new book,
"Wings of Opportunity: The Wright Brothers in Montgomery,
Alabama, 1910."
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