Orville Wright Painting at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina - Encircle Photos

13 Orville Wright Painting at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

Two brothers who did not finish high school, ran a marginally successful newspaper and then a bicycle shop shared a dream: to master motor-driven flight. From 1899 until 1903, the Wright Brothers generated extensive data from a home-built wind tunnel. The duo also tinkered with bike parts and motors to create and test various gliders. This painting at the Wright Brothers National Memorial depicts their first manned flight of 120 feet at Kill Devil Hill on December 17, 1903.

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Orville Wright Painting at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

Visitor's Center, Wright Memorial, Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948

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