Path through what is now, as it was in 1904, mostly a pasture at the H...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright had already flown their Wright Flyer III, the world's first practical heavier-than-air plane, for 5... More
[Right front view of glider in flight]
Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 116. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in L... More
[Wilbur gliding down steep slope of Big Kill Devil Hill; Kitty Hawk, N...
Title based on reference print and information in: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 53. Attributed to Wilbur and/... More
Wright Brothers plane in the Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
[1903 machine on the launching track at Big Kill Devil Hill, prior to ...
Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Wright brothers aeroplane - patented plans, 1908
Four plans: The top plan of the Wright aeroplane / drawings by W.B. Robinson from Wright Brothers' specification in the Patent Office; Fig. 1 - Wright flying machine; Fig. 3 - figures descriptives du brevet fra... More
[First flight, 120 feet in 12 seconds, 10:35 a.m.; Kitty Hawk, North C...
Photograph shows the first powered, controlled, sustained flight. Orville Wright at the controls of the machine, lying prone on the lower wing with hips in the cradle which operated the wing-warping mechanism. ... More
[Three-quarter left rear view of glider in flight at Kitty Hawk, North...
Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 115 Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LO... More
[Closeup view of the Wright brothers' tent at Kitty Hawk, a half mile ...
Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 47. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More
[Group portrait in front of glider at Kill Devil Hill. Sitting: Horace...
Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 117. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in L... More
AVIATION, ARMY. COLLEGE PARK AVIATION FIELD. WRIGHT BROTHERS' PLANE, W...
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[First flight, 120 feet in 12 seconds, 10:35 a.m.; Kitty Hawk, North C...
Photograph shows the first powered, controlled, sustained flight. Orville Wright at the controls of the machine, lying prone on the lower wing with hips in the cradle which operated the wing-warping mechanism. ... More