19 August 1939 - FDR CREATES NATIONAL AVIATION DAY: A presidential
proclamation from Franklin Delano Roosevelt designates August 19 as
National Aviation Day. The day marks Orville Wright's birthday and
encourages citizens to "observe the day with activities that promote
interest in aviation."

The holiday was established in 1939 with a proclamation which designated
the anniversary of Orville Wright's birthday to be National Aviation Day
(Mr. Wright, born in 1871, was still alive when the proclamation was
first issued, and would live another nine years). The proclamation was
codified (USC 36:I:A:1:118), and it allows the sitting US President to
proclaim August 19 as National Aviation Day each year, if desired. Their proclamation may direct all federal buildings and installations to fly
the US Flag that day, and may encourage citizens to observe the day with activities that promote interest in aviation.

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Title: Artie The Airplane
Categories: Five, Salads, Fruits
Yield: 1 Servings

1 lg Symmetrical watermelon; (12
- to 14 pounds)
2 bn Grapes; red and white both
4 Tangerines; peeled,
- segmented
1 Red grape
1 md Unpeeled kiwi

NECESSARY EQUIPMENT: Bamboo skewers & one round wooden
toothpick

Need a centerpiece at your next summer get-together? Try
this wonderful watermelon! It is so easy and will amaze
your guests.

Referring to the picture at:
http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Artie-The-Airplane
will be useful if you are not artistic/imaginative
enough to visualise making a watermelon into an
aeroplane. Bv)=

If necessary, cut a thin slice from bottom of watermelon
so it sits level.

Using a sharp paring knife, trace outlines of tail
pieces, propeller and wings on the melon.

Cut & carefully remove sections A, B and C.

Remove fruit from sections, leaving 1/8 in. of fruit
on the rind; set fruit aside. Set sections B and C
aside for back wings. from section A, cut propeller,
two side wings and two tail pieces; set aside.

Carefully remove fruit from the melon to form a shell.
Cut all fruit into cubes or balls. Set aside. Trim wings
and tail pieces to fit smoothly against the melon.

Attach wings and tail with skewers; trim skewers if
necessary. Attach propeller with a toothpick; insert
grape on end of toothpick. Place one halved kiwifruit
next to airplane on either side for wheels. Fill with
reserved watermelon cubes, a salad or dessert.

Yield: 1 Salad

FROM: Taste of Home Test Kitchen, Greendale, Wisconsin

MM Format by Dave Drum - 10 September 2009

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