The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-12-14
EVERYTHING SET
FOR CELEBRATION
MONDAY, DEC. IL
18th Anniversary of AirpIane
To Be Observed at First
Flight Scene
By AYCOCK BROWN

Nil levi 1lll.-I1eTS dJOp ALL
Devil Hill at the national monu-
ment erected to commemorate
mans conquest of the air and the
achievement of Wilbur and Or
vile Wright the 48th anniversary
of the first flight of a powered
heavier-than-air plane will be cell
ebrated on Monday.
The two phase program sponsor
ed by Kill Devil Hills Memorial
Society in cooperation with the Air
Force Association is scheduled to
begin at 10 o'clock with music by
one of Americas outstanding and
most colorful high school bands of
Elizabeth City and the appearance
of Navy blimps and Coast Guard
helicopters. Before the program at
the monument ends the nation
most powerful and fastest air craft
of the Air Force, Navy and Ma
rines will present thrilling fiyover
exhibitions. The impressive and
exciting morning program on Kill
Devil Hill will be witnessed by the
general public and with favorable
weather a record audience will be
at the famous shrine to aviation.
Due to limited facilities for pre-
senting a large luncheon, there
will be only 125 persons present
at the midday banquet which fol-
lows the exercises at Kill Devil
Hill. Attendance at the luncheon
will be by invitation only as a re-
suit of no large banquet hall be-
ing available at Mays Head.
Through the cooperation of the
Air Force Association arrange
ments were made with eight US.
scheduled inter-continent airlines
to fly food from seven foreign
countries to provide an interna-
tional menu for the memorial
luncheon which win climax the
48th anniversary observance of
the Wright Brothers flight at Kill
Devil Hill on December II, 1903.
The international menu will
feature the following select foods
1.-THE name of the country from
which it came and the airline
transporting it is listed: Sliced
Fresh Pineapple, Hawaii, United
Air Lines; avocado for salad, Gu
ba, National Airlines; salmon
steak supreme, Alaska, American
Airlines; Cam en- bart cheese,
France, Trans-W World Airlines; and
coffee, Brazil, Braniff Anyways.
The purpose of the information
al menu is to demonstrate in an
attractive and appealing manner
the far-reaching development of
U. S. scheduled air transportation.
Rose Petals from Plane
The airlines will also contribute
to another inspiring phase of the
4Sth anniversary observance pro-
gram by flying cartons of rose
petals from the west coast for re-
lease from the air over the Wright
Memorial Monument atop the ia
nous hill. American Airlines will
fly two cartons of rose petals
from Los Angeles, California, con-
tributed by Pasadena's Tourna-
ment of Roses Association and
the Pacific Rose Society. United
Air Lines will fly rose petals from
Portland, Oregon, contributed by
the City of Portland.
Two wreaths in memory of the
Wright Brothers will be present
ed by the City of Dayton, Ohio,
birthplace of the flyers, and Eliz-
abeth City. The third wreath will
be presented by the people of Man
teo. The Dayton wreath will be
flown from Dayton to the monu-
ment by the Dayton Squadron of
the Ohio Civil Air Patrol. The
Manteo wreath will be placed at
the monument from the air by a
US Coast Guard helicopter
Flight Might
AS climax of the morning pro-
gram at the monument Americas
flight might will be demonstrated
by military aircraft of the Navy,
Coast Guard, Marine Corps and
Air Force. A Naval blimp opens
the aerial display followed by a
"V' formation fight of seven Ma
rine Eau fighter planes. Next,
fight of Navy jet fighters will
streak across the monument. Air
Force fighters, transports, and
bcmbers win then fly a progress
formation, demonstrating the de-
velopments made in these three
categories Of planes. Among the
Air Force fighters will be the ia
nous FAT Thunderbolt, the F-51
Mustang and the F-8O Shooting
Star and F-84 Thunderjet, mod
ern jet fighters. The transports
win range from the Car sswork-
horse Of the Air Force" to the
huge Douglas CHA Globemaster
II. Featured among the bornbers
will be the B-45 let bomber and