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Throughout the last year, people across the country
have celebrated the human desire for freedom, the power of dreams and
the astonishing realities both can create. Eyes have been turned
skyward as people of all ages have been fascinated by the wonder of
flight.
The U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission was established in 1999 to
encourage the broadest national and international participation in the
celebration of 100 years of powered flight, while publicizing and
encouraging programs, projects and events that would involve, educate
and enrich the maximum number of people. The results have exceeded
the wildest of expectations.
The U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission is proud of the events that
have taken place, including: the Festival of Flight in Fayetteville,
Space Day, Inventing Flight in Dayton, GE Presents Centennial of
Flight at Rockefeller Center, EAA's Countdown to Kitty Hawk tour, the
opening of "The Wright Brothers and the Invention of the Aerial Age"
at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, the National Air
Tours, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics'
"Evolution of Flight" campaign, Wolf Trap's Face of America, the
opening of the Steven F. Udvar Hazy Center at Dulles International
Airport, the First Flight Centennial Celebration in North Carolina and
the countless others that have occurred across the country and around
the globe.
These events, however, would not have been nearly as successful
without the involvement of several organizations, including the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Federal Aviation
Administration, the U.S. Air Force and Aviation Week & Space
Technology's Next Century of Flight.
Most importantly, the U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission is proud of
the educational legacy that has been created. The combined outreach
efforts of the U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission and its Partners
have reached millions of students. A new generation of inventors has
been inspired, igniting a new level of enthusiasm for perseverance and
determination in the quest for ingenuity.
The U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission would like to take this
opportunity to thank everyone who has been a part of this important,
once-in-a-lifetime commemoration. This year has been an amazing
celebration of two bicycle mechanics from Dayton, Ohio, a century of
achievements in aviation and aerospace, and a future of limitless
possibilities.
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