They launched the age of flight that has changed the world in which we live. Major Themes North Carolina and the Outer Banks A focus on the geographic, historical and human treasures of this unique region Innovation in Flight Innovations of the Wright brothers and the new technologies and engineering improvements they fostered for the 20th century Civil Aviation and Policy Sessions will outline the rise of civil aviation for pleasure, adventure, moving cargo and passengers, and the need to develop policies facilitating same Warfare and Flight Examination of immediate application of flight to warfare by the Wrights themselves through military contracts in the throes of two world wars and beyond Flight in Human Imagination Discussion of the imagination and representation of flight in social, cultural, and aesthetic realms, i.e. art, music and literature. For Information, Contact the NC First Flight Centennial Commission Tel. The First Flight Middle School in Kill Devil Hills, NC, one of the First Flight Centennial Schools, participated in a recent NASA Connect Series program produced by NASA Langley Research Center's Office of Education. Glow with the Flow, demonstrates for children the force and effect of drag on vehicles and how NASA engineers design and test models in wind tunnels.
Interaction is provided through classroom and on-line activities.
Short film clips of the Wright Flight introduce the segment. To order a copy of the video follow the directions below. Reflecting on Their First Visit to the Outer Banks by Larry E. Tise, Ph. We located on the bar which separates the Albemarle sound from the ocean. South of Kitty Hawk the bar is absolutely bare of vegitation and flat as a floor, from sound to ocean, for a distance of nearly five miles, except a sand hill one hundred and five feet high which rises almost in its center.