Workman Delivers Maryland State Flag to Wright Brothers Memorial

KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. - October 21, 2003- Denny Workman, an EAA member pilot from Arnold, Maryland, officially represented the state in EAA's "50 Flags to Kitty Hawk" program on Tuesday, October 21, when he landed at the Wright Brothers National Memorial and presented the Maryland flag to National Park Service officials.

Workman is 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.

Workman was the 41st EAA-member pilot to complete the journey to Kitty Hawk, where he also presented National Park Service officials with a signed proclamation from Governor Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr., declaring October 20, 2003 as "50 Flags to Kitty Hawk Day" throughout the state. Following the presentation, the Maryland flag was raised at the Wright Brothers National Memorial.

"It is an honor to represent Maryland pilots here at Kitty Hawk. It is quite the experience flying to this historic site in my own experimental airplane" Denny said. Denny has more than 600 hours in the air, and has been an EAA member since 1990. His flight of 260 miles took 2 hours to complete his 1991 Experimental Mustang II.

EAA's Countdown to Kitty Hawk program, 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.