 EAA
is a growing and diverse international organization of more than 170,000
members with a wide range of aviation interests and backgrounds. It
was founded as the Experimental Aircraft Association in 1953 by a
group of individuals in Milwaukee, Wis., who were interested in building
their own airplanes. Through the decades, the organization expanded
its mission to include antiques, classics, warbirds, aerobatic aircraft,
ultralights, helicopters and contemporary manufactured aircraft.
EAA's centennial celebration, Countdown to Kitty Hawk presented
by Ford Motor Company, includes a series of activities to mark the
100th anniversary of the Wright brothers' achievement. The centerpiece
of this celebration is the flight of EAA's 1903 Wright Flyer reproduction
Ð the only accurate flying reproduction of the original Ð at Kitty
Hawk, N.C., on Dec. 17, 2003, 100 years to the date of that remarkable
first flight.
Tom Poberezny, president and CEO of EAA, is a U.S. Centennial of
Flight Commissioner.
www.countdowntokittyhawk.org
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