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Path through what is now, as it was in 1904, mostly a pasture at the Huffman Prairie Flying Field, a historic spot in aviation history, located in Dayton, Ohio

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]

[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, North Carolina]

[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.

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 the December 14th trial. Four men from the Kill Devil Hills Lifesaving Station helped move it from the shed to the hill, accompanied by two small boys and a dog]

[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

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 Carolina]

[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 Carolina]

[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 from Captain Tate's home]

[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 Wright, Orville Wright, and Alexander Ogilvie; standing: Lorin Wright, and group of journalists, including Van Ness Harwood of the New York World, Berges of the American News Service, Arnold Kruckman of the New York American, Mitchell of the New York Herald, and John Mitchell of the Associated Press; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

[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, WRECKED

AVIATION, ARMY. COLLEGE PARK AVIATION FIELD. WRIGHT BROTHERS' PLANE, W...

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[First flight, 120 feet in 12 seconds, 10:35 a.m.; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

[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