Wright Brothers Photos

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first-flight.gif 43.31 KB First flight, 120 feet in 12 seconds, 10:35 a.m.; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. 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. Wilbur Wright running alongside to balance the machine, has just released his hold on the forward upright of the right wing. The starting rail, the wing-rest, a coil box, and other items needed for flight preparation are visible behind the machine. December 17, 1903. Library of Congress call number: LC-W86-35.	first-flight-small.gif 26.62 KB	Kitty-Hawk-1903.gif 49.82 KB 1903 Wright machine on the launching track at Big Kill Devil Hill, prior to the December 14th trial. Four men from the Kill Devil Hill Lifesaving Station helped move it from the shed to the hill, accompanied by two small boys and a dog. Library of Congress call number: LC-W86-22.
Kitty-Hawk-1903-small.gif 31.44 KB	Orville-Wright-1927.gif 66.47 KB	Wilbur-Orville.gif 65.32 KB Wilbur and Orville assembling the 1903 machine in the new camp building at Kill Devil Hills, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. October 1903. Library of Congress call number: LC-W86-65.
Wilbur-Orville-small.gif 38.36 KB	Wilbur-Wright-1903.gif 49.65 KB Wilbur in prone position in damaged machine on ground after unsuccessful trial of December 14, 1903; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Library of Congress call number: LC-W86-20.	Wilbur-Wright-1903-small.gif 22.06 KB
Wilbur-Wright-1909.gif 46.38 KB Wilbur Wright in flight from Governor's Island, September 29, 1909. Library of Congress call number: LOT 10965-2.	Wilbur-Wright-1909-small.gif 30.49 KB	Wilbur-Wright-canoe.gif 96.78 KB Wilbur Wright examining canoe attachment to aeroplane before 1st flight over water, September 29, 1909. Library of Congress call number: LOT 10965-2.
Wright-1908.gif 34.51 KB The remodeled 1905 Wright machine, altered to allow the operator to assume a sitting position and to provide a seat for a passenger, on the launching track at Kill Devil Hills. This was apparently the only photograph of this machine taken by the Wright brothers in 1908 (May 11). Library of Congress call number: LC-W86-78.	Wright-1908-small.gif 22.68 KB

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