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Sec. 13. DEFINITIONS.

For purposes of the Act:

  1. The term "Advisory Board" means the Centennial of Flight Federal Advisory Board.
  2. The term "centennial of powered flight" means the anniversary year, from December 2002 to December 2003, commemorating the 100-year history of aviation beginning with the First Flight and highlighting the achievements of the Wright brothers in developing the technologies which have led to the development of aviation as it is known today.
  3. The term "Commission" means the Centennial of Flight Commission.
  4. The term "First Flight" means the first four successful manned, free, controlled, and sustained flights by a power-driven, heavier-than-air machine, which were accomplished by Orville and Wilbur Wright of Dayton, Ohio on December 17, 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
   


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