[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 86 (Thursday, June 12, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S7862]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         CENTENNIAL OF WILBUR AND ORVILLE WRIGHT'S FIRST FLIGHT

  The resolution (S. Res. 141) recognizing ``Inventing Flight: The 
Centennial Celebration,'' a celebration in Dayton, Ohio, of the 
centennial of Wilbur and Orville Wright's first flight, was considered 
and agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 141

       Whereas 2003 marks the centennial of Wilbur and Orville 
     Wright's achievement of the first controlled, powered flight 
     in history;
       Whereas Wilbur and Orville Wright grew up and worked at a 
     bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio, where they developed, built, 
     and refined the first successful, heavier-than-air, manned, 
     powered aircraft;
       Whereas the Wright brothers developed the world's first 
     flying field, the world's first flying school, and the 
     world's first airplane manufacturing company in the Dayton 
     area;
       Whereas many legacies of the Wrights' inventiveness and 
     creativity still exists in the region, including Wright-
     Patterson Air Force Base, the Dayton Aviation Heritage 
     National Historical Park, the United States Air Force Museum, 
     the National Aviation Hall of Fame, the Wright ``B'' Flyers, 
     and the Engineers Club of Dayton;
       Whereas the city of Dayton, area communities, a number of 
     civic groups, private businesses, government agencies, and 
     military partners, are joining together to honor the Nation's 
     aerospace achievements;
       Whereas Dayton is considered the ``Birthplace of Aviation'' 
     and from July 3 through July 20, 2003, the Dayton region will 
     host ``Inventing Flight: The Centennial Celebration'', the 
     largest public centennial event in Ohio celebrating the first 
     flight and one of only 4 events nationwide endorsed as a full 
     partner by the United States Centennial of Flight Commission; 
     and
       Whereas the celebration will feature pavilions with 
     aviation displays, blimp and hot-air balloon races, dance and 
     cultural performances, river shows, historical reenactments, 
     an international air and space symposium, National Aviation 
     Hall of Fame ceremonies, and a military and general aviation 
     show at the Dayton International Airport: Now, therefore, be 
     it
       Resolved, That the Senate recognizes ``Inventing Flight: 
     The Centennial Celebration'', a celebration in Dayton, Ohio 
     of the centennial of Wilbur and Orville Wright's first 
     flight.

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