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EAA’s 50
Flags to Kitty Hawk
EAA-member pilots will play a significant
role in helping celebrate the achievements of the Wright brothers and 100
years of powered flight in 2003. As part of EAA's Countdown to Kitty Hawk
program, presented by Ford Motor Company, EAA and the National Park
Service have combined to create EAA's 50 Flags to Kitty Hawk initiative.
One EAA-member pilot from each of the 50 states will be selected to fly
their respective state flag to the Wright Brothers National Memorial in
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, during the day of their choice in calendar
year 2003. Each pilot will also carry a proclamation from that state's
governor declaring the day of their flight "50 Flags to Kitty Hawk
Day" for their respective state.
After being welcomed by the
National Park Service, the flag of the pilot's home state is raised and
flown throughout the day at the National Memorial.
Charles Stites, EAA-member pilot from North Carolina, was the first pilot
to fly his state's flag to Kitty Hawk, kicking off the program on December
17, 2002 at the 99th Anniversary of the First Flight ceremonies. Below see
the EAA-member pilots who have already represented their state by making
that historic flight to Kitty Hawk.
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Pilots Selected:
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| State |
Pilot |
Date of Flight |
| AL |
Ronald
David |
July 21, 2003 |
| AK |
Kendell Smith |
May 30, 2003 |
| AZ |
Robert
Brackett |
October 12, 2003 |
| AR |
Tony
Palesotti |
August 9, 2003 |
| CA |
Martha King |
May 19, 2003 |
| CO |
Donna
Miller |
July 26, 2003 |
| CT |
Stephen Korta |
October 7, 2003 |
| DE |
Barry Breeding |
June 2, 2003 |
| FL |
Barbara
Walters-Phillips |
October 17, 2003 |
| GA |
Richard Urash |
November 13, 2003 |
| HI |
Eliot Merk |
August 20, 2003 |
| ID |
Douglas Kandle |
July 24, 2003 |
| IL |
Charles
Taylor |
May 12, 2003 |
| IN |
David
Clark |
November 20, 2003 |
| IA |
Shane
Vande Voort |
June 25, 2003 |
| KS |
Benjamin Lee |
November 24, 2003 |
| KY |
Steve
Koch |
August 23, 2003 |
| LA |
Emmett
Carson |
July 31, 2003 |
| ME |
John
Gobel |
August 22, 2003 |
| MD |
Denny Workman |
October 21, 2003 |
| MA |
Raymond
Lehner Jr. |
July 7, 2003 |
| MI |
Gregg
Cornell |
November 21, 2003 |
| MN |
Kevin Rebman |
November 8, 2003 |
| MS |
Johnny
Smith |
October 25, 2003 |
| MO |
Les
Featherston |
October 6, 2003 |
| MT |
Ray Sanders |
September 20, 2003 |
| NE |
Jon
Enevoldsen |
October 5, 2003 |
| NV |
James Bonelli |
July 11, 2003 |
| NH |
Robert
Hough |
July 30, 2003 |
| NJ |
Angus Fraser |
August 16, 2003 |
| NM |
John Rice |
April 8, 2003 |
| NY |
John Morrow |
August 15, 2003 |
| NC |
Charles
Stites |
December 17, 2002 |
| ND |
Malia
Mosman |
September 11, 2003 |
| OH |
Carl La Rue |
September 13, 2003 |
| OK |
G.
Michael Huffman |
June 5, 2003 |
| OR |
Cheryl
Cruson |
September 29, 2003 |
| PA |
Gina Montgomery |
May 29, 2003 |
| PR |
Edgar
Tello |
July 25, 2003
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| RI |
Rick
Dyer |
November 21, 2003 |
| SC |
Kip Pratt |
July 17, 2003 |
| SD |
Amanda
Svec |
June 27, 2003 |
| TN |
Marcia
Barnes |
October 3, 2003 |
| TX |
Rick Raesz |
November 30, 2003 |
| UT |
Marc
Reynolds |
October 3, 2003 |
| VT |
Loren Shaw |
November 21, 2003 |
| VA |
Michael Davis |
April 20, 2003 |
| WA |
Larry
Howard/Addison Pemberton |
September 20, 2003 |
| WV |
Michael
Sheridan |
November 14, 2003 |
| WI |
Eric
Oxendorf |
October 24, 2003 |
| WY |
Timothy
Hu |
September 1, 2003 |
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