Date:

Thursday, October, 6, 2005

Time:

8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Location:

Berry Room, E.J. Nutter Center, Wright State University

Registration:

$35.00 Includes Continental Breakfast, Lunch And Optional Tour Of Special Collections And Archives, WSU Libraries

Pre-registration is required by Friday, Sept. 30, by calling (937) 775-2380 or register online.

Schedule

Schedule.pdf (pdf file)

Description:

Speakers from the National Air & Space Museum, Brazil, France, and England will discuss the significance of the Wright Brothers, Alberto Santos Dumont, and other aviation pioneers in the early years of aviation. Registration includes continental breakfast, lunch, and an optional tour of the archives highlighting its extensive aviation collections and the full size replica of the Wrights’ 1903 flyer hanging in the library atrium.This event is open to the public. All aviation enthusiasts, historians, pilots, and students are encouraged to attend.

Confirmed speakers include:

• Dr. Tom Crouch, Senior Curator for the National Air & Space Museum, presenting, “After the first 12 seconds…The Wrights at Huffman Prairie, 1904-1905, and 1910”
• Professor Paulo C. Greco Jr. from the Universidade de São Paulo, Center of Aeronautics Research, School of Engineering, discussing “Santos Dumont and Brazil, 1906”
• Marc Denoueix, President of the LeMans Sarthe Wright Centennial Committee, Le Mans, France, presenting “ Wilbur Wright’s Flights in LeMans, 1908”
• Paul Mirat , Director of Communications for the City of Pau , France, presenting “The Wright Brothers and Pilot Training in Pau, 1909”

Additional information about this event is available by calling the Archives at (937) 775-2092.