Title: Countdown to Kitty Hawk Centennial Celebration 2003

Description:

First Flight Centennial Celebration of the Wright brothers was celebrated in December 2003. Warehouse footage of a team assembling a perfect model of the Wright brothers' 1903 airplane, using the same materials. Close-ups as the build the engine. Also features a press conference at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum with EAA president Tom Poberezny. Archival video and photos of the Wright brothers' neighborhood, as well as the pair testing and flying their creation. At Kitty Hawk on the centennial anniversary, the model is revealed to the crowd, towed by an SUV. Talking-head interviews on aviation with Edsel Ford II, as well as Ford executives Jan Valentic and Ken Hyde.

Keywords:

airplanes, airport, aviation, archival, North Carolina, anniversary, transportation, automotive, KRA

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