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AirVenture Cup |
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Wild Blue Wonders |
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Theme of the Day |
| 12/13/03 - | Commemorate Past, Imagine the Future |
| 12/14/03 - | Commemorate Past, Imagine the Future |
| 12/15/03 - | Military Aviation |
| 12/16/03 - | 100 Aviation Heroes |
| 12/17/03 - | "Twelve Seconds that Changed the World" |
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10:35 a.m. on December 17, 2003 — the to-the-minute 100th anniversary of the first flight. The eyes
of the world will look to Kitty Hawk. EAA and Ford Motor Company, through a special partnership with the National Park Service, will re-create the Wright Brothers’ first flight at the Wright Brothers National Memorial by flying the
authentic reproduction of the immortal 1903 Flyer. This historic re-enactment is an extraordinary tribute to the Wright brothers and to the legacy they
left behind.
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10:35 A.M. — EAA and Ford Motor Company will serve as host to our nation’s dignitaries, top innovators, government officials and citizens of our country as they gather at the Wright Brother’s National Memorial to witness the re-enactment of the first powered flight. Following the scheduled flight, EAA will orchestrate a series of historically significant aircraft in flight over the memorial, tracing the chronology of aviation advances from 1903 to the present. |
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12:00 P.M. — The EAA’s Young Eagle program—a multi-year initiative to fly one million kids before the centennial of flight—will culminate with retired Brigadier General Chuck Yeager’s flight of the one-millionth Young Eagle. |
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2:00 P.M. — The second flight of EAA’s 1903 Wright Flyer Reproduction will commemorate the Wright’s fourth and final flight of their Flyer on December 17, 1903. Following will be another round of historically significant aircraft fly-bys. |
Hertz Discount Rates
EAA's Countdown to Kitty Hawk
Kitty Hawk, NC
December 12-17, 2003
CV#022J1016
Rates available from New Bern, NC & Norfolk, VA (call for list of
locations):
In the U.S.: 1-800-654-2240
In Canada: 1-800-263-0600, in Toronto call: 1-416-620-9620
| Car Class | Daily Per Day | Weekend Per Day | Weekly 5-7 Days |
| A-Economy 2Dr | $36.99 | $22.99 | $139.99 |
| B-Compact 4Dr | $41.99 | $25.99 | $154.99 |
| C-Midsize 2/4Dr | $45.99 | $27.99 | $169.99 |
| D-Sporty 2Dr | $47.99 | $32.99 | $184.99 |
| F-Fullsize 4 Dr | $50.99 | $34.99 | $199.99 |
| G-Premium | $55.99 | $39.99 | $209.99 |
| I-Towncar | $69.99 | $63.99 | $296.99 |
| R-Minivan | $72.99 | $65.99 | $304.99 |
| U-Convertible | $69.99 | $63.99 | $296.99 |
| L-4-Wheel Drive (4WD) | $69.99 | $63.99 | $296.99 |
Visions,
a 96-page, full-color, perfect-bound magazine, is the First Flight Society's
official publication for the Centennial of Flight. Introduction by Tom Crouch,
senior curator at the National Air & Space Museum and author of "The
Bishop's Boys." Story of the first flight by NPR commentator Noah Adams.
Additional articles cover aviation in military history; Paul Garber and the
First Flight Aviation Shrine, including reproductions of all inductee portraits
in the First Flight Shrine with information about each inductee; histories of
the Wright Brothers National Memorial and the First Flight Society; National
Park Service pilots and the Outer Banks' Dave Driskill; an interview with Ken
Hyde, president of The Wright Experience, the company mounting the official
first flight re-creation at the Memorial on December 17, 2003, and more. Order
your copy from the First Flight Society.
