The Wright Brothers First Flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

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Object Details

Author

Unknown

Notes

NASM Archives also has a copy. Original negative number is 26767-B, but that negative has been lost.

Summary

The first flight on December 17, 1903, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina with Orville Wright at the controls of the Wright Flyer. The plane flew for 12 seconds and a distance of 120 feet.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95, Box 25, Folder: 41

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1903

Standard number

2002-12169

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Photographic print

Event

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 8 x 10; Type of Image: Event; Medium: Photographic print

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Wright Flyer (Airplane)

Airplanes

Aeronautics

Wright Brothers

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_9650