![[Start of a glide; Wilbur in motion at left holding one end of glider (rebuilt with single vertical rudder), Orville lying prone in machine, and Dan Tate at right; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDIvMDEvMDEvc3RhcnQtb2YtYS1nbGlkZS13aWxidXItaW4tbW90aW9uLWF0LWxlZnQtaG9sZGluZy1vbmUtZW5kLW9mLWdsaWRlci1yZWJ1aWx0LTEwMjQuanBn/320/231/jpg "[Start of a glide; Wilbur in motion at left holding one end of glider (rebuilt with single vertical rudder), Orville lying prone in machine, and Dan Tate at right; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]")
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[Start of a glide; Wilbur in motion at left holding one end of glider (rebuilt with single vertical rudder), Orville lying prone in machine, and Dan Tate at right; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]
Summary
Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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Date
01/01/1902
Contributors
Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912, photographer
Wright, Orville, 1871-1948, photographer
Location
Kitty Hawk (N.C.), 36.06472, -75.70583
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions.
