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<b>KITTY HAWK, N.C.</b> — On Dec. 17, 1903, the winds at Kitty Hawk were high, but two brothers from Dayton, Ohio, didn’t let that stop them. Orville Wright took the 1903 Wright Flyer into the air at 10:35 a.m, with his brother, Wilbur Wright, helping to steady the wings.

After four flights that day, the following telegram was sent home to Dayton: “Success four flights Thursday morning all against twenty-one-mile wind started from Level with engine power alone average speed through air thirty one miles longest 57 seconds inform Press home Christmas.”

In celebration of First Flight, organizations in both Ohio and North Carolina joined forces Thursday to commemorate the occasion virtually with a wreath-laying ceremony and other special programming. Park entrance fees at Wright Brothers National Memorial in North Carolina were waived on the first flight anniversary.

Thursday marks 117 years since the Wright brothers' first flight. Tap to watch the virtual celebration, with flyover.

see also on your screen. So in just a couple minutes, we're gonna welcome up Mr Dan Patterson, who is an author. Um, he's gonna given introduction of our ceremony, and then we'll have a Siris of speakers followed by a riff laying ceremony and a flyover at 10. 35 to close at our ceremony this morning. So thank you all again for being with us this morning. We're going to get started in just a couple minutes. You will not see me again. I will flip the camera around on bet you tune into the ceremony. So thank you and enjoy. Yeah, just it gives the music going to be right. They I don't know, maybe Thank you for your help in territories that some great thank you again each nation and you're basically commanding respondents of different portrait home reasons, which is quite implementation. He was 15 point by the many the defenders who would normally be here to distribute. We hope that they're all able to watch the ceremony on one of the many digital formal. We are very proud of. Expensive people were ableto guest speaker with today's event and figure General Johnson, you very Air Force Program. Executive officer of the Farmers Farmers Directive Air Force Life like a management center. Representing the right family are Miss Amanda Wright Lane, great grand niece and the Wright brothers and her husband Don. This is Stephen, right? Great grand nephew of the right woman. Also with us today is the commander in Chief 88 Air Base, Wing Grantee. Alright, Yeah, Another piece of different animal air Base Wing Chief, Master Sergeant dates the state. Ladies and gentlemen, we will continue today's activity with the singing of the national anthems by the United States Air Force Band of Light Vocalist Chairman Mellon Smart followed by the implication by Chaplin, Gerardo Rodriguez and on for Yeah, right. Wow! Why on right bombs bursting? Yeah, that here. Oh, God. Oh, yeah, Yeah, That's me. And, uh oh! Oh, you know, my God, we live on There is no it's with you on it. A person, right? Yeah. Mhm. If people want to, I would also like you. Wouldn't it would be honorably. Yes. No worries. Yeah, Green, Will you call the blessing? Be grateful this good evening. Thank you, Chairman Smart and Chapman Rodriguez. Now I put insanity Colonel Patrick Miller. Okay from Colonel Pat Melo. The places, man, that's right out of the airport. Speech in the Commander. It I'd like to take this opportunity to say thanks. You know, just over environment that we're in a very easy to kind of wave off event. But much like the right, whether we're boarding fruit, there are challenges out there. We're finding innovative ways to still commemorate events like this. Another special part about today is this is also due broadcast with our friends down in Haiti. One of the first times that we've been able to do this link both sides up together to recognize the tremendous moment in history. So very special. Special event for us. Way Thank our friends at a kitty opportunity here in Dayton, Ohio. I can assure you the weather probably doesn't look like this. Uh, down and kitty hop eso. You may be having this celebration in shorts and T shirts. We may. We're just a little bundle up here, and some of us can understand why the Wright Brothers names so Kitty Hawk to take out that first place in December time. But, uh, great opportunity for us to celebrate Wright Patterson has been a proud caretaker of this memorial and huffing very flying field since 1978. It has been a great partnership with the National Park Service's and the right family that we continue to recognize the significant event, this milestone event, the 1st 20. This is 117th anniversary on. We will see what the fly over a little bit later. Life has come a long way. The evolution of the aircraft has come a long way and we've still got a long way to go on. So we live on the back of the boogers champions, the great fighters of the top that have paved this path forward for us flight on. We continue to evolve that on. We have the privilege of having a speaker today that is involved in that evolution place in working, acquisition strategy and development of the next generation of clients. So privilege to be here. This podium with John Newbery Talk to you minutes and hopefully it will get the coverage up high enough will be able to see an airplane fly by, which would be fantastic. If we don't see it. I will guarantee you you will hear it. That's a special thanks to everybody that was here to join us today. Huge. Thanks. All those folks out there in the virtual side and watching us online or being able to catch up with it in the news later on. A very special thanks. Uh, right. Families for being here and continue. Correct. Thank you all. Thank you. Burmila. Yeah. Why are you bringing a General John Being is there? General area of the airport Program Executive lost the bombers Bomber Directorate Air Force Lifecycle Nations Your Force Material Command Wright Patterson Air Force. He is responsible for the sustainment and modernization of the bomber, you know, which includes the B one, B two and the people to He is also responsible for organizing training and equipment to center B 21 system program. There will be Well, good morning. What? It's a great honor here to be here. And army approached part of 107 anniversary of the first Control. Sustained flight of power heavier than air craft. First, I want to thank all the distinguished visitors. Yeah, of course. To the right family. Great. The senior leaders here from Wright Patterson in the local area. That area as well. I want to thank the host Miller of the 88. They're basing Commander Mr Tom in the National Park Service. Thank you. Also for the 28th Bomb Wing, which from Ellsworth Air Force Base, Kota, I'll be performing the flyover today. Finally, thank you for all watching remotely, while the current circumstances that I allow us to be in person now reach people. Mawr virtually include the first time those kidiaba. So we're here today to celebrate Wilbur and Orville achievement. A sustained powered flight occurred. North Carolina, I continued development occurred here in the Dayton area. I applaud their imagination enthusiasm that they inspired so many to take to the sky. As I mentioned earlier, I represent the acquisition professionals that sustain and modernize our Air Force bombers, and my stories will demonstrate now the spark of innovation 117 years ago led to the greatest, the most capable us there. After the historic flight at Kitty Hawk, the right you turn to Dayton, Ohio, where a banker, Torrance Huffman, allowed the brothers to use it. Prairie called Puffin Prairie, located a short distance from here over my shoulder they use this open for areas of testing ground to master the principles controlled flight from 1904 to 1905 brothers conducted about 150 flights on October 5th. 1905 The right three. Who locally? A world record. 24 miles, 39 minutes. Their love of white lead to the creation of the right flying school. Or one of the most prominent students at Huffman Prairie was no other than first lieutenant 100 Half Arnold in 1911. Half Arnold with each other single core where you personally trained with the Wright brothers here. Fast forward to 1934. Lieutenant Colonel Hap Arnold through the A flight of pizza and bombers around the around the round trip record flight Washington D. C. Fairbanks, Alaska. As half Arnold rose through the ranks, he eventually became the fight start. Generally know General Arnold became known as the father of the Air Force but also a bomber man advocating for the development of bombers such as the B 17, he paved the way for aircraft flight today and your craft, the Wright Brothers passing on it school inspired so many defining clear right, but it's also laid foundation. Protect aircraft space. Yeah, for millennia. A few minutes and that navigated land water. Early aviators explored the air, but it was right around him in a powered flight. Name is to broadly explore that are advancing hair over the last time. You can't stop. Eventually explore occupied space your quickly approaching, especially this month. Todo this march right into the space with first. That's right. You two right there is from the aircraft designs influence future aircraft to be oil Answer which you're about to hear. This is gonna be flying over. Shares the financial foundation. Nice. Fire closed. I use it myself. Everyone is a swing wing bomber pretended for high school blowout, Well known for its swimming, big ability and shape Living needed regarding the links that anyone can speak. 15 3 75 board sort things Dr. Manning out. Expect I that additional U s grave Irwin pick up for me Allowing yes part of the market. It swept except by the right aircraft. Wings change their battle. All of the right dollars and being one are separate by many years shared sparking, getting the required conflict from another example The Wright Brothers through the aircraft. Four mounted elevator. Similar to be for instruction. Yes. Things looking on those aircraft. So board about elevated? Sure. That's really right. Concept forward, people. Right Bar. All seen today in the commercial space. Next start. That's We entered the building. Just down. Yes. Would celebrate motion access the first flight of the big one 35 years. It's common aircraft. And they saw the Wright brothers and institutions Aerodynamic challenges. You should be one. You see right? Men and women in the air force crowded on a victory on Wright Brothers. We celebrate today 117 University innovation exploration, straight aerospace sparked by spirit mentioned from the Wright Brothers. Thank you for having me. Okay. We should thank you. General Newberry. Now, my honor to introduce Kendal Thompson, Superintendent of Statement Aviation Heritage. Next will this work apart? You will read the annual population by the President of the United States Population, my brothers, including 66 It is 817 years ago. For short seconds it seems that I will be right. Became the first word state. With what? Yes. Why it? Yes. The business off the ground and into the sky today we are way a way stories think American body experience to bring He is great both hearing we went defined over the direction of the sexually in a in a solving problems the previous acute our life drawing here under the case place white brother to American passion What we found right we requires dedication until the determination testified with ingenuity and people No, absolutely like right brother also established America's role. Former leader except the State Serie B y u. Just 24 years after president First life the game What? Yeah, five years, including your Just a lost another 80 a in a rocket cleaning glamorous limits Life to your fullest exodus seven. I agree. Okay, this is critical. Third of you truth Absolute right? Let's Oh, thank you. Dude. Your navigator life You are so became the first person ever since What? Neither served? Yeah, that earlier this year. Great. Lots of commercial built operating spacecraft to the international space. Well, do the same spirit that my brother did with this guy to be Are industry December 17. Never trying todo right today is reflected. Yes, I didn't want breaking barriers setting, raising and your the years become Americans hostage. Read further. Who founded the sky? They? Yes. Greatest orders. Congress. By the resolution approved, Super 1963 doesn't hesitate December 17 right now. Okay. It has authorized people can possibly fighting. Everybody deserves that day with now. Therefore, if you're by December 7. 20 like to stay December in the year 2000 and the independence of the United States. Yeah. Okay. Thank you to Magenta Thompson. Now, please have thrown that. We're joined by Amanda Wright Lane and stealing right commemorate this anniversary of man's first flight with the laying of a recent Wright Brothers tomorrow. Yeah, yeah. Sure way all go. You're gonna go way area that plants here, So Oh, look. Well, that is read Mother's Memorial dates. 1912 when a group of big citizens recommended a free memorial he erected to celebrate the Wright Brothers contributions to a V eight potentially known spoke through his conditions of grinding tutorial. Parker was suspended due to the heavy. Bloody hell! 1930. That's the completion of fucking jam. And they do remember deep organized right from this memorial to complete the memorial money was raised to build a memorial within from the Hill South end up being It's elected as a memorial site stadium overlooked right there this year for three reasons. Flying field for the binary aviators injected and exit here. Okay, moments on we had lived here on this memorial is dedicated. I believe in the 19 forties everyone over there, it same aviators. But all right, that like your and 1948. Because it will to realize the importance of what they have done and great ideas on the Air Force. So what? We're waiting. I want folks don't know. I'd like to have I've been w ceremony for a long time. When I started almost 50 years ago, I noticed there were what I thought or also. Now I'm one of those old with ceremonies just to hardy souls. Also years of hundreds in attendance. So nearly all those years there was always the president of Jack. They Jack made his last take off a few weeks ago and leave us today in spirit because people like that kept the fire burning. So salute to our dear friend. Good start is the tail women next dark and wait for an institution of J P four. And what not hopefully any minute. Uh huh. A couple minutes, Right, Nancy words. But once, just Yes. Well, it's them. Yeah. Yeah, you're not. It's not. Do you want part of one? Yes. In country through but fact that take No, thank you. On folks. That's hard. Yeah. And after burners to all the good stuff. This concludes our first flight ceremony for the year. Thanks for attending. Hopefully next year the weather will be just like this. Thank you very much. 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