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The Centennial of Flight celebration will be the catalyst for the construction of a variety of facilities throughout the country. Some of the facilities will be of substantial construction but temporary in nature; others will be more permanent. The facilities will support a variety of functions and activities. There will be interpretive centers constructed for the purpose of displaying artifacts and providing historical information about the Wright brothers and aviation. These centers will be permanent and will, in some cases, be a part of the National Park system. There will be numerous exhibition facilities constructed for the celebration in 2003. The majority will be temporary facilities with a specific end date for dismantlement. Some will be stationed at a permanent location, while others will be mobile and move throughout the country. In addition, most organizations are developing educational, experiential, artistic or scholarly programs for the commemoration year.
The value of both of these elements is provided in this section. The value of the capital improvements and program development is shown in Figure 7A.
The COFC has constructed three copies of a traveling exhibit that are available for display at a number of aviation events between now and the end of 2003. Two additional exhibit panels have been developed with the COFC’s name and logo. One panel features a picture of the Wright 1901 Flyer; the second panel is an interior shot of the cockpit of The Spirit of St. Louis.
There is an educational component being developed by the COFC.
The Dayton region is undergoing preparations for the Centennial celebration including major community improvements such as a performing arts center and the recently completed riverfront development, RiverScape. Specifically related to the celebration are the following capital improvements:
Inventing Flight: Dayton 2003 has a significant educational component.
The First Flight Centennial Foundation has identified capital improvements to Wright Brothers National Memorial as a critical objective. As a fundraising partner of the National Park Service, the Foundation is proud to offer on-site recognition for sponsors of capital and programming projects, and private sector investments are matched through the U.S. Mint commemorative coin program. The Foundation has completed or initiated the following capital improvements:
As one of the organizations that goes past the celebration in 2003, the Foundation will continue to work with the National Park Service/Wright Brothers National Memorial to meet identified capital improvement needs including:
EAA is creating a functional 1903 Wright Flyer that will be operated at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, on December 17, 2003. The Flyer will exhibit nationally prior to that date.
The EAA has a significant education/experiential component.
No capital improvements are planned by the FAA.
FAA has a significant educational component.
No capital improvements are planned by NASA.
NASA has a significant educational component.
The National Air and Space Museum is planning a major exhibition, “The Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Aerial Age,” to be housed at the flagship building on the National Mall. Three traveling exhibitions from the Museum are on tour. In addition, the Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center is under construction at Washington Dulles International Airport. The facility’s opening will coincide with the Centennial celebration in December 2003.
National Air and Space Museum has a significant educational and experiential component.
The First Flight Centennial Commission has created two traveling exhibits that will be displayed throughout the country between now and 2003.
The First Flight Centennial Commission has created a variety of educational and experiential components.
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics is creating a flying scale replica of the 1903 Wright Flyer that will tour the country.
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics has a significant educational and scholarly component.
Aviation Week will have a traveling exhibit available during 2003.
Aviation Week will have a significant education and public relations component in 2003.
The U.S. Air Force Centennial of Flight Office will have traveling exhibits on tour throughout the nation in 2003.
New 3rd Hanger (Cold War Exhibits) at the U.S. Air Force Museum, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
"Cross Into the Blue Tour" traveling nationally to promote U.S. Air Force.
U.S. Air Force memorial ground breaking ceremony in 2003.
Plaque dedication at Huffman Prairie conducted in September 2003.
The U.S. Air Force Centennial of Flight Office will have a significant educational, artistic and scholarly component.
The Wright Experience maintains traveling exhibits and demonstration materials including reproduction aircraft, original engines and flight simulators. The Wright Experience is participating in the EAA’s Countdown to Kitty Hawk program by supplying the reproduction 1903 Flyer to be flown at the Wright Brothers National Memorial on December 17, 2003. The Wright Experience is also building a reproduction 1903 Flyer commissioned by Mr. Harry Combs that is to be donated to the Nation and put on permanent display at Wright Brothers National Memorial.
There will be a significant educational component.
The Virginia Air & Space Center has launched the most exciting exhibit expansion in the museum’s history, a one-million cubic foot Aviation Exhibit Hall, Space Gallery upgrade and educational classrooms. This major development will enable the Center to strengthen its mission, improve its core aviation and space galleries and provide new educational experiences for adults and children. The Aviation Exhibit Hall will focus on the origins and future of flight and Hampton Roads’ role in commercial, general and military aviation. In the summer of 2003, the Virginia Air & Space Center will open the new Aviation Exhibit Hall in celebration of the centennial of flight.
To date, the Center has raised over $6.3 million in support of our $8.9 million capital campaign to fund the design and installation of the Aviation Exhibit Hall and upgrades to the existing Space Gallery. This expansion will engage, educate and inspire visitors with high-tech interactive exhibits encompassing the scope of our mission. The new gallery is scheduled to open in July 2003 in culmination with the historic centennial anniversary of the Wright brothers’ first flight.
An exhibit will be created at the Library in 2003.
The Library of Congress will have an educational component.
The National Park Service at the Wright Brothers National Memorial is renovating the Interpretive Center. The work consists of exterior and interior repairs and upgrades.
The Wright Brothers National Memorial has a significant educational component.
The Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park and its partners are constructing two new interpretive centers and significantly expanding and improving existing facilities at Carillon Historical Park’s John W. Berry, Sr. Wright Brothers Aviation Center and the Paul Laurence Dunbar State Memorial. In addition, the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park is working in partnership with the Wright B Flyer, Inc. to display a functional Wright 1911 Flyer at Huffman Prairie Flying Field.
There will be a significant educational component associated with the development of all of these facilities.
The Dayton Aviation Heritage Commission has completed the design of interpretive elements for three sites associated with the Wright brothers in Dayton. These include the original Wright family home site at 7 Hawthorne Street, the laboratory of Orville Wright, and the Wright’s fifth cycle shop, where they designed and built the world’s first airplane. Construction work has begun on two of the three sites (family home and cycle shop), with plans to complete all three sites before the end of 2003.
The U.S. Air Force Museum has embarked on a major expansion. The expansion’s centerpiece, a 200,000 square-foot third building, is on target to open in spring 2003. Construction has progressed rapidly on the hangar, to be called the Eugene W. Kettering Gallery in honor of the first head of the U.S. Air Force Museum Foundation Board of Trustees. Follow-on expansion phases include a hall of missiles, space gallery and education center. The Kettering Gallery will allow the museum to create a Cold War Gallery, intimately portraying the U.S. Air Force’s critical contributions to national defense during the era.
The U.S. Air Force Museum has a significant educational, experiential, artistic and scholarly component.
RAMOLAIR is not planning any capital improvements.
There will be an experiential component.
NAVAIR has some displays that will be used for a variety of events throughout the nation during the course of the year.
The privately operated Naval Aviation Museum located outside the gate at Patuxent River is planning to construct a new building. This museum houses a unique collection of naval aircraft and aviation technology that has been involved in naval aviation testing and development.
The National Aviation Hall of Fame is completing installation of exhibits for 2003.
There will be a significant educational component.
The Aviation Maintenance Career Commission (AMCC), in partnership with Wright State University, announced the selection of Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, as the site for the Charles Taylor Memorial. This memorial will be built in a pedestrian plaza directly in front of the Paul Laurence Dunbar Library, which features a full size replica of the 1903 Wright Flyer in its four story glass atrium. Go to the AMCC Web site for more information, www.amccommission.com. Groundbreaking for the memorial will take place on May 24, 2003. This will coincide with the FAA’s Charles Taylor Award for the Outstanding Aircraft Mechanic of the Year.
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