The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-12-11

The luncheon is sponsored by Ellz-
abeth City Chamber of Commerce.
Donald A. Quarles, Assistant
Secretary of Defense, will be the
principal speaker at the Wednes-
day luncheon, a feature of Defense
Day.
Attendance at the luncheons each
day is by invitation only. A limit
ed number of tickets are available
at So each for the buffet supper on
Wednesday night, which will fea-
ture Carl Goerch, chairman of the
N. c. Commission to Observe the
50th Anniversary of Powered
Flight as POSTMASTER and feature
preview of the film eve Saw 1t
Happen" produced by United Air
craft Corp.
All luncheons and the buffet sup
per will be presented at The Caro-
linian Hotel, celebration headquar-
tiers.
The press briefing and reception
for press will be held each after
noon at o'clock.
Following the buffet supper, a
preview of United Aircraft's new
est movie eve Saw 1t Happen"
for those attending the dinner.
Anniversary Day
Following the CAPS sunrise pa
troll at 9 o'clock on Thursday, De-
cember II, Anniversary Day" the
U. S. Navy at 9:15 o'clock will
stration in the monument area with
stage a 15-minute flight demon
their latest types of Zeppelins. At
1920 o'clock there will be wreath
drops by Coast Guard helicopters,
one wreath from the city of Day
ton, birthplace of the Wrights; the
other from Kitty Hawk, where
they began their glider expert
ments which led to powered flight
at Kill Devil Hills. The Kitty Hawk
wreath will be placed at the first
flight marker by Elijah Baum, the
first resident of Kitty Hawk to
greet Wilbur, the first of the
Wright brothers to step ashore
there on September 10, 1900.
On Anniversary Day the Navy
will fly the memorial formation
as follows: II fighters will fly a
circle formation with two fighter
aircraft in the center of circle rep
resenting the Wright brothers.
Re-Enactment of First Flight
areaAug
At 1926 o'clock from the exact
site where Orville Wright took off
in first flight on December II, 1908,
the oldest fiyable plane in Ameri-
ca, Billy Parker's famous pusher
type plane will take off and be in
the air at 1927 over the same
course that Orville Wright flew
those first 120 feet in IL seconds
at 1887 so years ago. This will be
one of the most spectacular near
the ground demonstrations during
the celebration.
Immediately after this re-enact-
ment of the first flight, the 1910
pusher plane of Parker, will be
joined by a World War l Spad,
a World War II conventional
fighter and a modern jet in a span
of flight maneuver. They are sched-
uled to pass the bleachers and
reviewing stand simultaneously.
From II o'clock until IL noon
there will be mighty air power
demonstration over the area fea-
turing the planes of all types in
use today by the Navy, Marine
Corps, Army and Air Force.
These planes flying from the di-
rection of Point Harbor will be at
an altitude of 500 feet as they
pass over the celebration area.
The luncheon on Thursday will
feature General James H. Doolittle
of $50 seconds over Tokyo" fame
and Hon. Carl Hinshaw, chairman
of the Joint Congressional Com
mittee on Aviation as speakers.
Remarks will be made by Cover
nor William B. Umstead of North
Carolina, Conrad L. Wirth of the
National Park Service, General
George c. Kenney of the Air Force
Association and Brigadier General
Frank P. Lahm, president of Kill
Devil Hills Association.
There will be an hour and half
demonstration of glider flying by
members of the Soaring Society of
America beginning in the monu-
ment area at l o'clock. At 2:30
o'clock there will be half hour
demonstration by private planes,
sky writer's, crop busters and
sprayers followed at pm. by
another Air Sea Rescue demon
stration by the Coast Guard. The
finale to the biggest celebration
ever planned to honor the Wrights
of Dayton who sprouted powered
wings here on the Dare coast will
come to an end at a o'clock with
the CAPS sunset patrol.
In addition to the air demonstra-
tons on Thursday, there will be
an anniversary ceremony at 9:45,