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| FAA
administrator, Marion Blakey, presented a special certificate of
airworthiness for EAA’s Reproduction 1903 Wright Flyer to Tom Poberezny, EAA president, and Ken Hyde, president of The Wright Experience. Photo by: Hilary Lawrence |
Pilots
of the Century, Terry Queijo, right, and Dr. Kevin Kochersberger,
left, will be the two pilots to fly EAA’s Reproduction Wright
Flyer in Kitty Hawk on December 17. Photo by: Jim Koepnick |
The 2003
edition of the Wright Brothers stamp was unveiled in the Countdown
to Kitty Hawk Pavilion during AirVenture 2003. Photo by: Jim Koepnick |
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| Race car
driver, Ricky Rudd, tries his hand at flying…and crashing on
Microsoft’s Wright Flyer Simulator. Photo by: Jim Koepnick |
Stephen Wright is the great-grandnephew of Orville and Wilbur Wright. Photo by: Jim Koepnick |
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| Chuck
Yeager, honorary chairmen of the Young Eagles program, hosted a
press conference where he helped EAA announce that he will fly the
one millionth young eagle on December 17, 2003. Photo by: Jim LaBre |
Amanda
Wright Lane, great-grandniece of Orville and Wilbur Wright, signs
an AirVenture 2003 poster for a visitor to the Countdown to Kitty
Hawk Pavilion. Photo by: Jim LaBre |
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 Ken Hyde, president of The Wright Experience, the organization who built EAA’s Reproduction Wright Flyer, shows off the intricacies of the flyer to EAA president Tom Poberezny and FAA administrator Marion Blakey. Photo by: Jim Koepnick
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 A visitor to the Countdown to Kitty Hawk Pavilion was all smiles when he “flew” Microsoft’s Wright Flyer. Photo by: Jim LaBre
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