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[Three-quarter left rear view of glider in flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

[Three-quarter left rear view of glider in flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

[Left side view of glider flying as a kite, in level flight, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

[Left rear view of glider at a high altitude; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

[Front view of glider in front of the camp building at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

[Orville at left wing end of upended glider, bottom view; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

[Left rear view of glider at a low altitude, showing the fixed vertical fin attached to a front strut; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

[Wilbur gliding in level flight, single rear rudder clearly visible; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

[Side view of Wilbur gliding in level flight, moving to right near bottom of Big Hill; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

[Three-quarter left rear view of glider in flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

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date_range

Date

01/01/1911
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Contributors

Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912, photographer
Wright, Orville, 1871-1948, photographer
place

Location

Kitty Hawk (N.C.) ,  36.06472, -75.70583
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Source

Library of Congress
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http://www.loc.gov/
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No known restrictions.

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Rath Packing Company, Beef Killing Building, Sycamore Street between Elm & Eighteenth Streets, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, IA

Black Hawk Bridge, Colorado 19th century sterescope card.

Subject File: Chanute, Octave--Photographs, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Originals, 1901

[Close-up view of rudders and elevator of glider in front of the camp building at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

Parris Island, South Carolina. U.S. Marine Corps glider detachment training camp. Trainees ready for flight

Parris Island. Marine Corps gliders. An aerial "tugboat" of the Marine Corps. The leatherneck pilot of this glider will tow three planes high above Page Field at Parris Island, South Carolina as part of six-week training course the Marines are giving to selected units

Parris Island, South Carolina. U.S. Marine Corps glider detachment training camp. Trainees and instructor

[Rear view of the Wright brothers' four-cylinder motor as installed in their 1903 airplane]

Parris Island, South Carolina. U.S. Marine Corps glider detachment training camp. Trainee ready for flight

[Tom Tate, son of Captain Tate's half-brother Daniel Tate, posing with a drum fish in front of 1900 Wright glider]

Edwards Air Force Base, North Base, North Base Road, Boron, Kern County, CA

[Side view from below of Orville soaring in level flight, spectators looking up at glider; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

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wright wilbur wright orville gliders north carolina kitty hawk flight testing dry plate negatives kitty hawk nc glider flight kitty hawk early aircraft rear view propeller aircraft aircraft library of congress