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Exciting pre-AirVenture program at Theater in the Woods

Danny Mortensen

An Evening with Champions, EAA AirVenture’s unofficial kickoff program, marks its 21st year at Theater in the Woods on Sunday evening. The program, presented by AviationSpeakers.com, begins at 7:30 and features Bill Lishman, the man behind the movie, Fly Away Home; Frank D. Boring, producer of the PBS film Fei Hu, The Story of the Flying Tigers; and Astronaut Dr. Jay Apt. Danny Mortensen, president of Bill Phelps’ Airline Ground Schools, author, and Reno Gold Trophy winner, will again serve as Master of Ceremonies.

 

7:30 p.m. Think you know about the Wright brothers? You may be surprised! Betty Darst portrays Katharine Wright and shares her insight into the world of the Wright brothers in an accurate, honorable portrayal with a fierce dedication to detail and history.

A gifted historian, Betty brings history to life through a multi-media presentation, showing rare photos, letters, and diaries. The depth of her research is immediately evident, as it includes personal interviews with the family. She gives a remarkable personal account of the First Family of Aviation; people forget that she isn’t really Katharine. After seeing Betty’s gift for re-creating history firsthand, Paul Poberezny said, "I gained a new appreciation for the Wrights."

8:15 p.m. Frank D. Boring created Fei Hu, The Story of the Flying Tigers from 70 hours of interviews in four countries and from flying footage shot in Burma and China during the American Volunteer Group effort there before Pearl Harbor was attacked. This group of volunteer fighter pilots were prepared to take on the entire Japanese military at the Burma and China front lines. Frank’s 11 years of comprehensive work researching the Flying Tigers results in a colorful, one-of-a-kind multimedia show, Talking With Tigers.

Frank interweaves archival flying film footage with filmed pilot interviews, mixing insider details and little known and funny stories to bring history to life.

9 p.m. Dr. Jay Apt spent more than 35 days in space on four space shuttle missions and has performed two space walks. He’s been to the Russian space station Mir and is a recipient of NASA’s highest honor, the Distinguished Service Medal. The Harvard graduate earned his doctorate from MIT. With 4,500 hours in 25 types of aircraft, he’s flown personally to Greenland, Guatemala, the United Kingdom and Alaska.

Dr. Apt presents Far Beyond the Blue Sky, a stunning presentation of the most recent two decades of space flight. From the dazzling Hubble photographs to radar images of Earth and Venus, and the construction of the International Space Station, get an up-to-the-minute report on the wonders being created in Earth orbit. Similar breathtaking imagery is found in his book Orbit: NASA Astronauts Photograph the Earth.