The AIAA 1903 Wright Flyer Centennial Tour & Exposition
The national offices of the American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics has developed a tour schedule for our full-scale wind tunnel
replica which has been on display at the FAA Flight Deck in Hawthorne, CA.
As part of the
Evolution of Flight Campaign, AIAA will tour our 1903
Wright Flyer to various locations from October 2002 through December
2003. If you are interested in seeing our airplane, please make plans
to visit one of these events.
Read the Press Release
Read the Media Kit
| Date | Venue | Field Journals (notes from the road) |
| September 26, 2002 | Launch of Tour! Lawndale, CA FAA Flight Deck Museum (by invitation only) |
...Whew! Setting up the Tour Kickoff - by Marilyn Ramsey Load 'Em Up! - Photos by Katherine Harris - Video courtesy Encore Cafe |
| October 5-6, 2002 |
Nellis AFB Open House, Las Vegas, NV Nellis Air Force Base |
Celebrating our Nation's Finest - by Marilyn Ramsey Arriving at Nellis AFB 0.5Mb in pictures, may take a while at 56kb |
| October 14-19, 2002 |
World Space Congress, Houston, TX George Brown Exposition Center |
Setting up in Houston Wright Flyer at the World Space Congress - Photos from Houston Space Congress has Wright Stuff - The Houston Chronicle (external link) |
| October, 2002 - February 2003 |
New England Air Museum, Windsor Locks, CT |
Arriving at the New England Air Museum 0.5Mb in pictures, may take a while at 56kb Reception and Open House - by Marilyn Ramsey Replica of Wright Brothers' Biplane Lands at Air Museum - The Hartford Courant (external link, removed) |
| March 1 - May 10, 2003 |
Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, FL Visitor's Center |
NEAM to KSC - by Gary Moir |
| May 16-26, 2003 |
Festival of Flight, Fayetteville, NC Exposition Center Building |
Hitting the floor in NC - by Marilyn Ramsey They followed me home..... Can I keep them? - by Marilyn Ramsey |
| June 21-22, 2003 |
Van Nuys Aiport Aviation Expo, Van Nuys, CA |
We're home, nearly... - by Marilyn Ramsey Pictures from Saturday Photos with other classic aircraft |
| July 17-20, 2003 |
Dayton Air Show, Dayton, OH Exposition Center Dayton International Airport |
What's everybody looking at? - by Marilyn Ramsey Dayton and Carillon Park - by Jim Mendrala Pictures from the Dayton, OH AIAA Section External Link More from Dayton - by Jim Mendrala |
| September 12 - 28, 2003 |
L.A. County Fair, Fairplex Fairgrounds Pomona, CA |
Preliminary Pictures from the LA County Fair More Scenes from the LA County Fair |
| October 25-26, 2003 |
Edwards Air Force Base Open House Edwards Air Force Base, CA |
Orville and Wilbur Wright at the 2003 Edwards Air Show - Edwards Press Release |
| October 28 - December 5, 2003 |
Northrop Grumman Integrated Systems Former home of the project 1 Hornet Way, Building 902 El Segundo, CA |
Coming home to Northrop - John Latz |
| December 17, 2003 | Culmination of Tour Lawndale, CA FAA Flight Deck Museum (by invitation only) |
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 Our thanks to Bert Konle, our driver from A-Mrazek Moving Systems, who has taken such special care of our airplane during the Centennial Tour. |
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The AIAA 1903 Wright Flyer Centennial Tour Panels
There will be twelve large storyboards traveling with the AIAA
Wright Flyer. If you wish to view the storyboards, you
may click on one of the small thumbnails (below). Each picture
is large and hi-quality (roughly 1200x2100 pixels, and 500kb),
so please be aware if you are downloading via a 56k modem.
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