A major focus for the First Flight Foundation is working with the National Park Service to improve Wright Brothers National Memorial. The Foundation will build on the legacy of capital improvements and educational programming that was a fitting tribute to the 100th...
“First Powered Flight by the Wright Brothers – December 17, 1903Kitty Hawk / Kill Devil Hills,North Carolina.” It was the morning of December 17, 1903. The temperature at Kill Devil Hill, North Carolina was a chilly 34ºF. Wilbur and Orville placed a...
“On December 14th 1903, the coin toss established the order in which the Wright brothers would attempt to fly.” December 14, 1903 was a warm, sunny day with no wind. At one o’clock in the afternoon, Wilbur and Orville Wright finished their last adjustments on the...
Marsha Mills in her painting entitled “Beginning to Beyond” paints her visual impression of the events along this skyward path to the beyond. From the cockpit of the Bell XS-1 the Wright Brothers are seen achieving the first successful powered flight, and thus guiding...
“In commemoration of the conquest of the air by the brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright, Conceived by genius and achieved by dauntless resolution and unconquerable faith.” Perched atop 90 foot high Big Kill Devil Hill, the pylon with sides ornamented with...
