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LIVE:HIX I the "Man Will Never Fly" Society is preparing
for its annual convention at "Kill Devil Hills",
North Carolina, December 16th.
hemotto of the group is "Birds fly; men drink".
group contends the Wright Brother's flight from
.Kitty Hawk is the "alleged first flight."
T group also contends the rockets sent up from
Cape Kennedy toward the moon are comparable to firing
a bullet with an ant inside.
NASA representative has never addressed the
"Never Flys", but this year, Assistant Public Affairs
Director will be the featured speaker. astronaut t
John Glenn attended the 1963 meeting. next year,
he received the U Society's annual "Anti-AviationCitation" for quitting the space program.
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Never fly society], script, November 22, 1969, 10:00 p.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1214740/m1/1/: accessed June 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.