District IV Report - 2004/06
Districts
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Maryland
- North Carolina
- Virginia
Vice President / Contact
- Bliss Teague, Vice President
- 625 5th Ave., SW, Hickory, NC 28602-2812
- Home: (828) 324-2164
- Fax: (828) 267-0956
- E-mail: [email protected]
Note: For a listing of all district volunteer workers please consult a previous issue of Model Aviation.
A Centennial of Flight
A centennial of flight celebration was held in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, December 12–17, 2003. It was the site of the largest and most attended celebration of a century of flight. Throughout the six-day event there were exhibitions and entertainment. Aerial events included fly-bys during the day and aerobatics by Patty Wagstaff and Mike Mancuso. Military planes of all descriptions, including the Raptor F-22, were in the air.
Celebrities attending included President Bush, John Travolta, many of the astronauts, descendants of the Wright family, and country and western stars.
One sad note was the rain on Sunday and again on Wednesday, which hampered the flying of the Wright Flyer replica. People began coming into the site at approximately 2 a.m. on December 17 to watch the reenactment. They sat on the hill where the Wright Memorial stands through darkness and rain awaiting the flight. When the engine fired there was a roar from the crowd. Even though the flight was not very successful, attendees were not as disappointed as one might expect; most said they were glad to be there and to participate. People from nearly everywhere in the world were in attendance.
At noon on Wednesday the 17th, 100 skydivers representing each year of the hundred years of flight jumped. The whole sky seemed to be filled with parachutes of all colors, some with colored smoke.
AMA Representation
AMA was represented all six days by:
- Joyce Hager, Executive Director
- Tom Schwyn, AMA Headquarters
- Doug Holland, Executive Vice President
- Bliss Teague (myself)
- Chuck Foreman, District IV Associate Vice President
- Shirley Teague
- Bill Crosscup
- Don Helms
- Terry Teague
- Troy Barnett
Tom Schwyn and Don Helms flew a tethered helicopter inside. Because of security concerns, we were not allowed to have a flying exhibition outside. The Pedal Flyer was popular with the kids.
Without Chuck Foreman none of this would have been possible; he received all the material sent from AMA Headquarters and set up the booth. We had to call Headquarters several times as we ran out of supplies fast. Chuck received additional supplies and afterward shipped the booths and remaining equipment back to Muncie, Indiana.
Thanks to Chuck and all the people who made this venture a success. The pictures are courtesy of AMA member Terry Teague. I want to thank all who came by to talk and enjoy the event. From what I could tell, nearly all of the AMA districts were represented.
Transcribed from original scans by AI. Minor OCR errors may remain.
