William Helms: “I have a bill, S. 1397, at the desk. Now, Senators DeWine, Faircloth, Glenn, and I are introducing this legislation, and…”

“I have a bill, S. 1397, at the desk. Now, Senators DeWine, Faircloth, Glenn, and I are introducing this legislation, and we are naming it the Centennial of Flight Commemorative Act. This significant legislation will establish a commission to assist the numerous events that will lead up to and include the celebration of the 100th anniversary of powered flight, a feat in all the history books, accomplished in my State of North Carolina by the geniuses, two brothers, Orville and Wilbur Wright, Ohio brothers who were born and raised in Dayton where they operated a bicycle shop. The first powered flight occurred at Kitty Hawk, NC, on December 17, 1903. In fact, the Wright brothers engaged in four flights that day, and with their effort they changed the concept of travel forever. About noon on that cold and windy December day, at Kitty Hawk, NC, the aviation age, the air age, began. So, Madam President, the Wright brothers were indisputably the first pioneers of powered flight, and they became national heroes, justifiably etched in history.”