Win a Unique VIP Tour and Dinner for 4 at the Military Aviation Museum along with a Stearman Ride!
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WIN a UNIQUE Personal Behind-the-Scenes Tour of the facilities with the Museum Director, a FLIGHT for one of you in their Original, 1941 Stearman PT-17 Trainer that has been restored to flight! Enjoy a PRIVATE VIP dinner on the campus for FOUR, and $1,000 for your visit expenses!
The Military Aviation Museum (MAM) in Virginia Beach, VA has one of the largest collections of historic military aircraft in the world. It is also the largest flying collection on display in an individual location. To experience these airplanes just as they were 80 years ago means the Military Aviation Museum is the best place in the world to visit them. Anyone can pay the entrance fee and tour the Museum, but no one can purchase the exclusive “behind the scenes” tour and dinner being offered by this Sweepstakes.
Taken together with their private grass strip, their airplanes and facilities have created a small piece of Virginia where more than 85,000 people per year come to find aviation history living and breathing around them, offering an experience that is altogether unique, where people can experience the stories of what is sometimes called the Greatest Generation, so that you can understand how adversity was overcome through courage, sacrifice, determination, optimism, and teamwork.
- Close DateDec 9, 2024
- Close Time11:59 PM EST
- Drawing DateDec 17, 2024
- Drawing Time12:00 PM EST
- Drawing LocationHilton Garden Inn Outer Banks/Kitty Hawk, 5353 N. Virginia Dare Trail, Kitty Hawk, NC 27949
The First Flight Society Vision: One day people everywhere will be inspired by the dauntless resolution and tireless work of the Wright Brothers.
Without the First Flight Society (FFS) there would not be a Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. The Kill Devil Hills Memorial Association, later named First Flight Society, began as a group of local businessmen who successfully petitioned the US Congress to fund and build a monument to the Wright Brothers' 1903 achievement. Today the FFS is a partner with the National Park Service at the Wright Brothers National Memorial.
Every December 17th the FFS conducts a celebration at the Wright Brothers National Memorial. During the formal program, a carefully chosen honoree is inducted into the Paul E. Garber Shrine displayed in the park’s museum. Since 1966 those the shrine has served to recognize include Charles Lindbergh, the Tuskegee Airmen, John Glenn, Katherine Johnson (Hidden Figures), and Col. Gail “the Candy Bomber” Halvorsen. In 2024 we the Honoree will be Brig. Gen. Charles E. McGee, who as a Tuskegee Airman flew 409 combat missions across three wars, cited by the AF Chief of Staff in 2020 as, "a genuine American hero whose courage in combat helped save a nation, and whose legacy is felt to this day across the entire US Air Force.”
Our other major annual events include Founders Day/Wilbur Wright's Birthday on April 16th, and National Aviation Day/Orville Wright's Birthday on August 19th. Your donations will support all three of these events as well as the following efforts.
Through our Education Committee, the Society endeavors to expand the legacy of the Wright Brothers by bringing aviation education programs to elementary, middle, and high schools. and offering college aviation scholarships.
We are a non-profit 501(c)3 organization whose Mission is "We tell the story of the Wright Brothers through community events, education, and the commemoration of the world’s very first powered flight, in Kitty Hawk, NC."
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