HJR 9-CENTENNIAL OF FLIGHT CELEBRATION 1:06:13 PM CHAIR WILSON announced that the first order of business would be HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 9, Designating the Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum located at 4721 Aircraft Drive in Anchorage as the official headquarters for the State of Alaska's Centennial of Flight Celebration. 1:07:04 PM PAUL LABOLLE, Staff, Representative Richard Foster, Alaska State Legislature, offered a brief introduction of HJR 9, noting that the State of Alaska's Centennial of Flight Celebration would take place on July 13. 1:07:41 PM LELAND CORKRAN, Chief Executive Officer, Pioneer Air Museum, explained that the first flight in Alaska took place in Fairbanks, Alaska, on July 4, 1913. He expressed concern that no one had contacted him about the resolution. He asked to be included since this is where the first flight originated. 1:08:58 PM NORM LAGASSE, Executive Director, Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum (AAHM), stated that the AAHM proposed the actual resolution for the museum. He explained that the headquarters designation is the focal point for coordinating all of the celebrations throughout the state. He offered his belief that although four years of planning may seem like a lot of time, it is not given the magnitude of the celebration. 1:09:58 PM REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON inquired as to whether Fairbanks would be included, since the first flight took place in Fairbanks. MR. LAGASSE answered that the Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum wants to be the point of contact for coordinating celebrations in Fairbanks, Anchorage, and throughout the state. He explained there were many "firsts" in aviation in Alaska. He stated the goal is to celebrate the "firsts." 1:10:54 PM GAIL PHILLIPS, President, Board of Directors, Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum, stated that the Board of Directors believes it can help facilitate interest in the celebrations in the Lower 48 and across the world. She related that the museum is prepared to do so since it has a staff and also has dual membership with the Museum of Flight in Seattle. She explained that the Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum has begun to contact groups in the Lower 48. She opined that if the museum can get the designation completed, other groups can help make plans to celebrate. 1:12:15 PM REPRESENTATIVE MUNOZ thanked former Representative Phillips for her service to the state. 1:12:58 PM MS. PHILLIPS remarked that when she was Speaker of the House, the price of oil was $8 per barrel. CHAIR WILSON, after first determining no one else wished to testify, closed public testimony on HJR 9. REPRESENTATIVE MUNOZ moved to report HJR 9 out of committee with individual recommendations and the accompanying fiscal notes. There being no objection, HJR 9 was reported from the House Transportation Standing Committee. 1:14:01 PM