December 17, 1903 - 10:35 am
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina - The Wright Brothers of Dayton Ohio, are the first to achieve sustained powered flight. Their historic innovation ushers forth a wave of transportation, communication and commercial advancements. The world is forever changed; Lindbergh, Earhart, Yeager, Armstrong and Glenn follow.

A recent USA Today survey of reporters ranked ‘12/17/1903’ as the 4th most important moment of the last 100 years (it is instructive to note the first three could not have happened without the invention of flight).

January 26, 1953  
EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association) is founded by Paul Poberezny. Established to support and promote ‘homebuilders’, Orville and Wilbur Wright would have been likely members. Leadership of the association is later passed on to Paul’s son, Tom. 

July 26, 1992
EAA member volunteers commit to fly 1,000,000 young people for the first time (no cost) and introduce them to the sensation of flight. The goal is to reach the milestone by 12/17/03. 

July 23, 2002  
EAA plans to celebrate the association’s 50th Fly-In. Membership has ballooned to 170,000 members in 1,000 chapters worldwide. EAA is recognized as the leader in recreational aviation and hosts the world’s largest aviation event in Oshkosh, Wisconsin: AirVenture. Annually the event draws hundreds of thousands of aviation enthusiasts. 

December 17, 2003 - 10:35 am / Centennial of Flight  
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina - EAA, a 170,000 member strong non-profit association, will lead an international celebration of flight as an authentic reproduction of the 1903 Wright Flyer takes flight at the 100 year to-the-minute anniversary before tens-of-thousands on hand and hundreds-of-millions watching live around the world. The flight will take place at the exact site; now the Wright Brother’s National Memorial (NPS).