STATE FLIGHT CENTENNIAL PROPOSED.Byline: Jim Skeen Staff Writer PALMDALE - State Sen. W.J. ``Pete'' Knight, R-Palmdale, introduced legislation to celebrate California's contributions to aerospace in the 100th anniversary of the Wright Brothers' first flight. Knight, a former record-setting X-15 rocket test pilot, introduced Senate Bill 1536 to create the California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). Centennial of Flight Commission. The commission would work with the aerospace industry and related organizations to develop a series of celebrations leading up to the 100th anniversary of the first flight on Dec. 17, 2003. ``The aviation industry has played a large role in California's history. This industry has changed transportation, business, communication and science,'' Knight said. ``It's important we recognize and celebrate the achievements we've made in the last 100 years and to look forward to those to come.'' The commission would consist of seven members appointed by the governor. Congress has created a similar commission to plan national celebrations of the Wright Brothers' flight. That panel is tasked with creating a calendar of celebratory events and maintaining an Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the site. Plans for celebrations are under way in Ohio, where the Wright Brothers were based, and in North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. , where the brothers conducted their flights with their airplane airplane, aeroplane, or aircraft, heavier-than-air vehicle, mechanically driven and fitted with fixed wings that support it in flight through the dynamic action of the air. , the Wright Flyer The Wright Flyer (often retrospectively referred to as Flyer I and occasionally Kitty Hawk) was the first powered aircraft designed and built by the Wright brothers. . |
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