Whereas, Since that date, Michigan, which also happens to be the birth state of aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh, has become a recognized leader in the aerospace industry. As home to the Ford Motor Company, founder Henry Ford understood that the Wright brothers' historic flight would lead to monumental changes in transportation; and,

Whereas, Henry Ford and his son Edsel B. Ford, laid the home to the aviation, including developing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean; and,

Whereas, The Ford Motor Company has announced it is the presenting sponsor of the Experimental Aviation Association’s (EAA) Countdown to Kitty Hawk Centennial Celebration, a traveling aviation program commemorating the centennial of the Wright Brothers first flight; and,

Whereas, The future of aviation is dependent upon a well informed and educated populace, and this celebration of powered flight is also a celebration of the ingenuity and creativity of Americans, as well as America’s contributions to air and space flight; and now therefore be it,

Resolved, That I, Jennifer M. Granholm, Governor of the State of Michigan, do hereby proclaim the months of May through December 2003 as Centennial of Flight Celebration Months in Michigan.