Donna Miller Delivers Colorado State Flag To Wright Brothers Memorial

KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. - July 26, 2003 - Donna Miller, an EAA member pilot from Golden, Colorado, officially represented the state in EAA's "50 Flags to Kitty Hawk" program on July 26, when she landed at the Wright Brothers National Memorial and presented the state flag to National Park Service officials.

Miller was one of 50 EAA-member pilots chosen - one from each state - to participate in the "50 Flags to Kitty Hawk" program, a year-long effort that is part of EAA's "Countdown to Kitty Hawk" initiative, presented by Ford Motor Company, celebrating the achievements of the Wright brothers and the 100th anniversary of powered flight in 2003.

Miller, who flew with co-pilot, Nancy Aldrich, was the 16th EAA-member pilot to complete the journey to Kitty Hawk, where she also presented National Park Service officials with a signed proclamation from Governor Bill Owens declaring July 26, 2003 as "50 Flags to Kitty Hawk Day" throughout the state. Following the presentation, the Colorado flag was raised at the Wright Brothers National Memorial site, where it will fly for the entire day.

"What an honor to be part of Centennial of Flight Celebration!" she said. "And I was able to bring back a small piece of fabric from the original Wright Flyer that had been to outer space. What a symbol of how we have come."

Miller is an air ambulance pilot with more than 3,200 hours in the air, and has been an EAA member since 2001. Her 1362-mile flight took two days to complete in a Cessna 182.

EAA's "Countdown to Kitty Hawk" program, which is also supported by Microsoft Flight Simulator and Eclipse Aviation, includes construction of an exact flying reproduction of the 1903 Wright flyer, and a six-stop national tour of EAA's "Countdown to Kitty Hawk" pavilion exhibit, which features the Flyer, historic artifacts and Wright brothers correspondence from the Library of Congress, and numerous interactive aviation displays.

The tour will culminate at Kill Devil Hills, N.C., when as part of the Centennial of Flight Celebration, EAA's Wright Flyer will fly again at 10:35 a.m. on Dec. 17, 2003 - precisely 100 years to the minute from when the Wrights made history.

For more information on EAA's "Countdown to Kitty Hawk" program, visit www.countdowntokittyhawk.com