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NASA TO HELP WEST VIRGINIANS CELEBRATE 100 YEARS OF POWERED
FLIGHT
Volunteers from NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va.,
will bring a special celebration of the Centennial of Flight to
this month's West Virginia State Fair in Lewisburg.
NASA Langley serves a five-state region, including West
Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina and South Carolina,
for education and public outreach.
To help commemorate 100 years of powered flight, NASA Langley --
which was founded just fourteen years after the Wright Brothers'
historic first flight -- developed a special traveling exhibit.
"This is the first time NASA Langley has ever participated in
the West Virginia State Fair," said Donna Lawson, NASA Langley's
exhibits manager. "We're excited to have this opportunity to share
Langley's 86-year history of achievements in aerospace technology
with our nearest neighbors. Our goal is to help inspire West
Virginians and others who attend the state fair to become part of
the next generation of explorers."
NASA Langley's traveling exhibit will offer a hands-on,
interactive experience and plenty of real-life NASA scientists and
engineers to answer questions. Displays will chronicle the history
of aviation from the first flight to space flight, present the
latest in NASA research and highlight ground-breaking technologies
that will change the future of aerospace.
Visitors will be able to check out a model of an airplane that
may some day fly over Mars! Youngsters will be able to learn more
about how a plane flies and aviation history with the help of an
innovative story book exhibit, called F. A. Plane. Aviation
enthusiasts of all ages will be able to see and "fly" a NASA flight
technology demonstrator, a computer simulator similar to a future
plane they may some day fly. Participants will even be able to take
home a NASA souvenir in the form of posters, publications and
education packets.
The West Virginia State Fair runs from August 8-16, 2003.
Photographs and interviews are available on request.
For more information on NASA's Langley Research Center, please
check the Internet at:
www.larc.nasa.gov
For more information on the West Virginia State Fair, please
check the Internet at:
www.wvstatefair.com
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