Malia
Mosman Delivers North Dakota State Flag To Wright Brothers Memorial
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From left, Tom
Sullivan of Cirrus with 50 Flags pilot Malia Mosman and Greg
Peterson, classmate at NDU. |
Mosman 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.
Mosman was the 29th EAA-member pilot to complete the journey to Kitty Hawk, where she also presented National Park Service officials with a signed gubernatorial proclamation declaring September 11, 2003, as “50 Flags to Kitty Hawk Day” throughout the state. The day after the presentation, the North Dakota flag was raised at the Wright Brothers National Memorial site, where it flew for the entire day. (It did not fly on 9/11 because flags were at half-mast that day.)
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Malia Mosman at the Wright brothers' memorial. |
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.
