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* The American pilots' tremendous receptions in landing spots around the
world and ongoing updates on the fortunes of the other nations' pilots
in the race
* Expert perspective on the rigors of open-cockpit flight and the details
of the pilots' struggles by Robert Ragozzino, who in 2000 became the
first pilot to fly solo around the world in an open-cockpit plane
* The thrilling finish to the race, which included landings in 29
countries, five forced landings, cost two planes, and used a total of 17
airplane engines.

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Racing against five other nations and death itself, the "World
Fliers" became the first pilots to circle the globe in the air, thrilling the
world with their achievement and helping put the United States at the
forefront of aviation development. Re-live the perilous journey when The
History Channel(R) presents FIRST FLIGHT AROUND THE WORLD, premiering Sunday,
March 6th at 8:00 p.
In the wake of World War I, President Calvin Coolidge, striving to cut
military spending , viewed aviation as a novelty and an unnecessary expense for
the government. participation in a race around the world, competing against
France, Great Britain, Italy, Argentina, and Portugal. The award recognizes the dedication and
sacrifice of astronauts from the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo space programs ,
dating from 1961 to 1972. A third member of the Apollo 11 crew, command module pilot Michael
Collins , remained in orbit around the moon until Armstrong and Aldrin
returned from the moon's surface in the lunar module.

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In 2004, The History Channel earned five News and Documentary Emmy(R)
Awards and previously received the prestigious Governor's Award from the
Academy of Television Arts + Sciences for the network's "Save Our History(R)"
campaign dedicated to historic preservation and history education .8 billion, a level $170 million
above last year's original recommendation.

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In December 1924 , four pilots, each accompanied by a flight mechanic, took
off toward Alaska from Seattle, Washington in open-cockpit bi-planes dubbed
"World Cruisers", protected from the elements only by goggles and leather
flight suits.
"The aerospace industry strongly supports the proposed funding levels for
defense and space systems modernization," Douglass said.
The budget proposal released Monday includes increases for weapons
procurement and research and development in the Defense Department as well as
full funding for NASA's Vision for Space Exploration. Expanded math and
science education , as well as a permanent R + D tax credit, Douglass said, can
ensure that the aerospace industry will have an innovative and highly skilled
workforce.
The proposal includes just $724 million for aeronautics R + D, a steep drop
from the $1.

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Recognizing the need to remain in step and seeking to galvanize
public support, General Mason Patrick in 1923 convinced the President to sign
off on U.S.

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Douglass said the budget includes increased funding for defense
procurement ($84 billion) and research ($73 billion), levels that are critical
to the nation's ability to deploy the precision mobile forces required to meet
the new international security challenges of the war on terror.

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Douglass: Budget Proposal Helps Defense Space; Hurts Aeronautics

Douglass said that level will
support NASA's near-term space exploration objectives of safely returning the
space shuttle to flight and advancing the nation's dynamic new plans to return
to the moon and explore Mars.S.

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Using actual footage of the World Fliers, recreations of their journey,
archive news footage, and the perspectives of Ragozzino and a number of other
aviation experts, FIRST FLIGHT AROUND THE WORLD recreates a thrilling event in
the history of flight that is often forgotten despite being truly monumental
in its day.

The moon rock will join other artifacts such as the actual Apollo-Soyuz
command module that was added last year to the collection of air and space
exhibits in the Science Center's newly renamed SKETCH Foundation Gallery,
formerly known as the Air and Space Gallery.

When:

Saturday, March 25, 2006
NASA presentation to Dr.

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Channel web site is located at http://www., The president's fiscal 2007 budget
proposal shows a commitment to national defense and space exploration, but
dramatically under-funds aeronautics research within NASA, AIA President and
CEO John Douglass said Monday.

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military employed just 800 outdated planes,
while in Europe the drive for air supremacy was seen as the wave of the
future.HistoryChannel.5 billion invested in 1994.

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Now reaching more than 87 million Nielsen subscribers, The History
Channel(R), "Where the Past Comes Alive(R)," brings history to life in a
powerful manner and provides an inviting place where people experience history
personally and connect their own lives to the great lives and events of the
past.historychannelpress. Buzz Aldrin was the lunar module pilot on the Apollo 11 mission that
landed on the moon on July 20, 1969.
NASA's total budget request amounts to $16.
But NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate is slated to take a
$205 million cut, a decline of 22 percent that adds to years of budget cuts. competitiveness
in an increasingly global marketplace are adequately funded.

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The History Channel Presents FIRST FLIGHT AROUND THE WORLD

Aldrin -- 6:00 pm
Aldrin presentation to the California Science Center -- 7:45 pm

Where:

California Science Center
700 State Drive -- Exposition Park, Los Angeles 90037

ARLINGTON, Va.

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pilots were not only underdogs in the race, but not likely
to even complete the journey."

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The astronauts collected 21 kilograms (46 pounds) of rocks and
dust from the moon, including the sample being donated to the Science
Center.

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Along with the mission's commander,
Neil Armstrong, he spent over two hours walking on the lunar surface where
he tested his mobility, made scientific observations and collected lunar
samples. It also includes the
president's American Competitiveness Initiative, which will help aerospace and
defense industry efforts to promote science education.

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NASA officials will present Aldrin with the award, a lucite -encased moon
rock collected during the Apollo 11 mission. "We must ensure
that all the critical long-term research that underpins U.

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equipment, the U. Executive Producer for The History Channel is Susan Werbe.

What:

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"We are very concerned that the budget would continue a debilitating
decline in aeronautics research investment," Douglass said.

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March 6th at 8:00 p. ET/PT

NEW YORK, In 1924, before Charles Lindbergh and
Amelia Erhardt etched their names into history with famous flights, a group of
American pilots authored one of the most daring and defining feats in aviation
history. The hope was that at least one of the planes would make it all
the way. Following the ceremony,
Aldrin will donate the moon rock to the California Science Center during a
presentation at the Science Center's annual Discovery Ball.
The American Competitiveness Initiative enhances several science,
mathematics , and engineering education programs and proposes the permanent
establishment of the research and development tax credit.

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Highlights of the journey include:

* Technical details of the planes themselves, built specially for the race
by Douglas aircraft and equipped with interchangeable wheels and
pontoons for land and water landings
* Details of the tremendous logistical planning along the flight route,
which included diplomatic challenges over air and landing spots, and
also the use of more than 250,000 people and fifteen Navy destroyers and
three cruisers
* The biggest challenge of all: the elements, including blinding blizzards
and dense fog that forced the pilots to fly just feet above the ocean,
oppressive heat in the desert, typhoons in the pacific, and the bitter
cold of the North Atlantic
* A devastating crash early in the race that claims one plane, and the
crew's desperate struggle to survive being stranded in the mountains of
Alaska.
FIRST FLIGHT AROUND THE WORLD was produced by Digital Ranch for The
History Channel. Buzz Aldrin will be honored by NASA as an Ambassador
of Exploration in a ceremony scheduled to take place March 25, 2006 at the
California Science Center.