Charles McGee Selected as 2024 Paul E Garber Shrine Honoree. By: First Flight Society, Inc KITTY HAWK, N.C. – April 16, 2024 – The First Flight Society announced today that Brigadier General Charles McGee has been named the 2024 Honoree to be inducted into the Dr. Paul E. Garber First Flight Shrine located in the Museum and […]
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Introducing The 2024 First Flight Society Board
The First Flight Society announces its Board of Directors for 2024. Most of the directors are from North Carolina. The newly elected Executive Committee consists of: President-Mike Fonseca Vice President-Paul Wright Jameson Finance Committee Chair- Erica Paynter Marketing/Membership Committee Chair-William “Bill” Douglas Education Committee Chair-Judith Fearing The rest of the 2024 board consists of: Paul […]
Last Days to Enter our Stallion 51 WWII Flight Experience!
Closing time is 11:59PM EST on Sunday, December 10th, 2023! Use Promo Code: LASTDAYS for 30% more tickets!
Today is Giving Tuesday
Today is GivingTuesday It’s go time! TODAY is #GivingTuesday, and First Flight Society has set a goal to raise $5000 in just 24 hours. Those funds will allow us to fulfill our mission to tell the story of the Wright Brothers through community events, education, and the commemoration of the world’s very first powered flight, in […]
First Flight Society Announces 2023 Class of Honorary Members
KITTY HAWK, N.C. – November 19, 2023 – The First Flight Society announces two new Honorary Lifetime Members: Record holder Mack Rutherford, and pilot Erik Lindbergh. Mack Rutherford became the youngest person to fly solo around the world and the youngest person to fly a microlight aircraft solo around the globe. Now 18, Mack started […]
This Wright Brothers Day Is The 120th Anniversary of the Wright Brothers’ First Flight
Wright Brothers Day: December 17, 2023 – 120th Anniversary of the Wright Brothers’ First Powered Flight This year’s event will honor Walter and Olive Ann Beech, American aviators and early aviation entrepreneurs who co-founded the Beech Aircraft Company—now called Beechcraft—in 1932. The festivities will feature speakers from the National Park Service as well as a […]
Call For Nominations
Call for Nominations for the 2024 Paul E Garber First Flight Shrine. Honorees for the Paul E. Garber First Flight Shrine are selected annually by a National Advisory Committee from a list of nominees submitted to the First Flight Society and public that is passed to the Committee for consideration. The committee accepts a letter […]
Win a Stallion 51 WWII Flight Experience!
Enter today for your chance to experience a WWII Flight Experience in both a T-6 Texan trainer and P-51 Mustang Fighter! This is your chance to experience flight in both the trainer and operational aircraft as some of our First Flight Society Honorees such as the “Red Tail” Tuskegee Airmen General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., […]
Introducing the 2023 First Flight Society Board of Directors
The First Flight Society announces its Board of Directors for 2023. Most of the directors are from North Carolina. The newly elected Executive Committee consists of: President-Mike Fonseca Vice President-Paul Wright Jameson Finance Committee Chair- H Taylor Sugg Marketing/Membership Committee Chair-William “Bill” Douglas Education Committee Chair-Judith Fearing Events Committee Chair-Tony Bruno The rest of the 2023 […]
First Flight Society Announces 2022 Class of Honorary Members
KITTY HAWK, N.C. – Nov. 19, 2022 – The First Flight Society announces 4 new Honorary Members for 2022: Record holder Zara Rutherford, military pilot Nicole Malachowski, airplane collector Jerry Yagen and artist Gregory Kavalec. Zara Rutherford became the youngest female pilot to fly solo around the world and the first person to circumnavigate the […]