SOARING 100 celebration OCT 2011 / record flight by Wrights

OCTOBER 22-24, 2011. Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA
Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Orville Wright's record
soaring flight of 9 minutes 45 seconds in 1911 at Kitty Hawk.

Location: Wright Brothers National Memorial and First Flight Airstrip
at Kill Devil Hills, NC. Hang soaring and paragliding at Jockey's
Ridge State Park Nag's Head, NC, about 3 miles south.

Three Days of soaring exhibitions, exhibits, seminars, history, youth
activities and final celebration of one of the landmark early soaring
flights that marks the beginning of sustained soaring as we know it.

The fall 2011 SSA Directors meeting will convene during SOARING 100.

Go to vintagesailplane dot org for more details on this event.