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quarters building OF the Wrlghts.
These hangers are exact replicas
of the original buildings which had
been constructed there during the
early years of the Twentieth Cen
tury when the Wrights were using
the area as their experimental
proving grounds"
simultaneously with these dedi-
catory exercises there will be 45
minutes of flight demonstrations by
utility aircraft, private and glider
planes. The glider salute is sched-
uled for 1870 o'clock during this
period
The Dare County and State of
North Carolina-sponsored luncheon
on Monday will be at 1880 o'clock
in the Driftwood and Dogwood din
ing rooms of the Carolinian Hotel,
general headquarters for the cele-
bration. The Civil Air Patrol Of
four elements of three planes each
will fly a sunset patrol over the
monument area at O'Clock, and
the CAPS sunrise and sunset pa
trolls will be the first and last fea-
lures of each day of the celebra-
ton.
Dick Jordan of The Lost Colony
will be postmaster at the Monday
luncheon. Sharing speaking honors
at the luncheon will be J. B. Hart
raft, Jr., president, Aircraft Own
ers and Pilots Association and JOS
eph T. Geuting, Jr., manager of
Utility Airplane Council. Hon.
Melvin R. Daniels will deliver the
address of welcome at the luncheon
and recognition will be paid to nu-
merous luncheon guests of honor
who were closely related with the
early experiments of the Wright
brothers in Dare, or with persons
who gave assistance to the famous
brothers in their first flights.
Prior to the luncheon, Lawrence
Swain of the county board of COM
missioners will be master of cere-
monies at the memorial program
atop Kill Dew Hills and Conrad
Wirth of the National Park Serv-
ice will dedicate the reconstructed
Wright buildings at the First
Flight site.
Industry Day
Tuesday has been designated as
Industry Day for the celebration
and the first two passover flights
of the day will follow the same
pattern as on Monday with the sun
rise patrol by the CAP at 9 o'clock
and the Memorial Formation, on
this day featuring U. S. Marine
Air Corps planes. At II o'clock
there will be a salute by the man.
ufacturers featuring single plane
f1y-bys. One plane representing
each major U. S. manufacturer will
be in this flight, with an interval
of one plane each between planes.
At 4 pm. on Tuesday, the Civil
Air Patrol will present its sunset
flight.
On the ground Tuesday in the
vicinity of Wright Memorial and
the First Flight marker, there will
be a memorial ceremony at 1915,
with wreath laying at 1920
o'clock. A feature of the morning
program will be the world flag
raising. Three flags, the national
emblem, the United Nations and
the United Goodwill flags which
were flown around the world dur
ing the past week will be raised
in colorful ceremonies at the base
of Wright Memorial monument.
The flag raising ceremony will
be followed by a tour of the re-
constructed hangar and quarters
site. At 1890 an Aviation Indus
try-sponsored luncheon will be pre-
sented at the Carolinian.
On each day of the celebration
there will be press reception and
briefng in the general headquar-
tiers of the celebration at The
Carolfnian.
Edward o. Rodgers of the Air
Transport Association of America
and Admiral Dewitt C. Ramsey,
president of the Aircraft Industries
Association will be the luncheon
speakers on Tuesday, the day ded-
icated to Aircraft Industries.
Defense Day
Pattern of Defense Day on
Wednesday begins more or less as
the two previous days with four
elements of three planes each
making the sunrise patrol at 9
o'clock. The Memorial Formation
at 1875 on Wednesday will be
presented by Is U. S. Air Force
fighters and 10 minutes later at
10:45 the United States Coast
Guard will give a demonstration of
air and sea rescue, with a "down-
ed' pilot being rescued" This &C
ton will take place in front of the
bleachers north of the monument
At II o'clock on Wednesday the
U. S. Navy and Marine Corps will
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