Celebration of Wright flight

From the Echo, first published Tuesday 21st Oct 2003.

THE centenary of the first flight by Wilbur and Orville Wright is being celebrated at the Aviation Museum, Bournemouth International Airport, on December 17.

The Museum doors open at 7.15 pm and guests will be greeted on arrival with a glass of punch. They can then look around the many exhibits in the museum, among which are the Vampire fighter and the Sea Vixen, both locally built by De Havilland's at Christchurch. Volunteers from the Museum will be on hand to show guests around.

At 8 pm Bournemouth International Airport Historian Mike Phipp will give a 20 minute talk on Bournemouth's involvement in aviation over the past 100 years, after which there will be a hot and cold buffet.

Tickets cost £15 and are available from the Bournemouth Chamber of Trade Office, phone 01202 540870, fax 01202 751997, e-mail info@bournemouthchamber.org.uk.