2011 party to mark Wright's flight on Outer Banks

The Wright brothers didn't finish setting records in 1903.

And modern-day aviation enthusiasts have not finished celebrating those achievements.

In the same spirit as the 2003 first-flight centennial event, but on a smaller scale, another party is being thrown in honor of Orville Wright in October 2011.

Dubbed "Soaring 100," the event will mark the 100th anniversary of Wright's record 9-minute, 45-second soaring flight in 1911, which Wright and an associate achieved on the same strip of land as the famous first powered flight of 1903. The record stood for 10 years, and the experiment was Wright's last on the Outer Banks.

The 1911 flight is also considered the birth of modern soaring.

"There are groups all over the world that are excited about this," said Lisa Loy, spokeswoman for the group planning the event.

Though the attention given the 1911 flight pales in comparison with the Wrights' 1903 achievement, it is still a hugely significant part of aviation history, Loy said.