[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 241 (Friday, December 15, 1995)]
[Presidential Documents]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-30726]




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Part V





The President





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Proclamation 6858--Wright Brothers Day
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                Proclamation 6858 of December 13, 1995

                
Wright Brothers Day, 1995

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                 Ninety-two years ago, Orville Wright manned the first 
                sustained and controlled, machine-powered flight in an 
                airplane he designed and built with his brother Wilbur. 
                This extraordinary journey, though only 12 seconds 
                long, was the first great achievement of a partnership 
                that revolutionized aviation and made remarkable 
                contributions to aerodynamics, mechanical engineering, 
                and practical flight techniques. The Wright brothers' 
                pioneering efforts remain enduring examples of American 
                ingenuity and perseverance.

                Today, the United States aviation industry helps to 
                drive our economy and provides business and 
                recreational opportunities to our citizens that were 
                unthinkable just a century ago. Our reliance on air 
                transit grows each year, challenging the aviation 
                community and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 
                to meet new safety and operational demands.

                Our air transportation system, already the safest and 
                most efficient in the world, continues to improve. In 
                fact, efforts are underway to craft reforms that 
                enhance the efficiency of the FAA so that America's 
                leadership in air transportation, begun with the Wright 
                brothers' historic flight on December 17, 1903, can 
                continue well into the next century.

                The Congress, by a joint resolution approved December 
                17, 1963 (77 Stat. 402; 36 U.S.C. 169), has designated 
                December 17 of each year as ``Wright Brothers Day'' and 
                has authorized and requested the President to issue 
                annually a proclamation inviting the people of the 
                United States to observe that day with appropriate 
                ceremonies and activities.

                 NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of 
                the United States of America, do hereby proclaim 
                December 17, 1995, as Wright Brothers Day.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                thirteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord 
                nineteen hundred and ninety-five, and of the 
                Independence of the United States of America the two 
                hundred and twentieth.

                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 95-30726
Filed 12-14-95; 8:45 am]
Billing code 3195-01-P