Enevoldsen Delivers Nebraska State Flag To Wright Brothers Memorial

KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. – October 5, 2003 – Jon Enevoldsen, an EAA member pilot from Lincoln, Nebraska, officially represented the state in EAA’s “50 Flags to Kitty Hawk” program on Sunday, October 5, when he landed at the Wright Brothers National Memorial and presented the Nebraska state flag to National Park Service officials.

Enevoldsen 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.

Enevoldsen was the 36th EAA-member pilot to complete the journey to Kitty Hawk, where he also presented National Park Service officials with a signed proclamation from Governor Mike Johanns, declaring October 5 as “50 Flags to Kitty Hawk Day” throughout the state. Following the presentation, the Nebraska flag was raised at the Wright Brothers National Memorial.

“Being part of this nationwide effort to bring the state flags to Kitty Hawk truly demonstrates our ‘one-ness’ within these United States of America ” Enevoldsen said. A Lincoln firefighter, Enevoldsen has more than 1,000 hours in the air, and has been an EAA member since 1977. His 1,200-mile flight took two days to complete in his 1953 Cessna 170.

 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.