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Wilbur Wright Collection

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wright Glider Flying

Wright Glider Flying
Wilbur Wright pilots a glider with a movable double rear vertical rudder over the Kill Devil Hills near Kitty Hawk. The Wright Brothers camp can be seen in the distance

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: The Wright brothers 1903 Flyer plane, side view

The Wright brothers 1903 Flyer plane, side view

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wright Flyer in Profile

Wright Flyer in Profile
(Original Caption) This is a side view of the original Wright aeroplane near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Painting of Wilbur Wright in Flight at Camp d'Auvours by Georges Scott

Painting of Wilbur Wright in Flight at Camp d'Auvours by Georges Scott
WRIGHT BROTHERS: WILBUR WRIGHT WITH HIS AIRPLANE AT CAMP D'AUVOURS NEAR MANS. PAINTING BY GEORGE SCOTT

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wright Brothers at Kill Devil Hills

Wright Brothers at Kill Devil Hills
Orville Wright flies a glider over Kill Devil Hills

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wilbur Wright

Wilbur Wright
(Original Caption) Portrait of aviation pioneer Wilbur Wright. He is shown close-up, in a three-quarter face view. Undated photograph

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Orville, Wilbur and Katharine Wright

Orville, Wilbur and Katharine Wright
Inventors Orville (L) and Wilbur Wright (R) stand with their sister Katharine (center) on the deck of a ship

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wright 1901 Glider

Wright 1901 Glider
(Original Caption) Wright 1901 Glider. Wilbur Wright in prone position piloting his craft

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Glider Flying Low Near Land

Glider Flying Low Near Land
Top image shows Wilbur Wright (left) and Dan Tate lofting a glider piloted by Orville Wright

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Dan Tate and Wilbur Wright Flying Glider Like a Kite

Dan Tate and Wilbur Wright Flying Glider Like a Kite
Dan Tate (left) and Wilbur Wright fly a large glider as a kite in the wind at Kill Devil Hills, in preparation for a test flight. | Location: Near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Dan Tate and Wilbur Wright Flying Glider Like a Kite

Dan Tate and Wilbur Wright Flying Glider Like a Kite
Dan Tate (left) and Wilbur Wright fly a large glider as a kite in the wind at Kill Devil Hills, in preparation for a test flight. | Location: Near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wilbur Wright Gliding

Wilbur Wright Gliding
Wilbur Wright glides on the north slope of Big Kill Devil Hill with a double-ruddered glider, at Kitty Hawk on October 2, 1902

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Early Glider During Flight

Early Glider During Flight
(Original Caption) Wilbur Wright pilots a glider with single vertical rear rudder at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, in 1902. The Wrights camp building is on the horizon

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wright Brothers Glider

Wright Brothers Glider
Wilbur Wright glides on the north slope of Big Kill Devil Hill with a double-ruddered glider, at Kitty Hawk on October 2, 1902

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Orville Wright in Glider

Orville Wright in Glider
Orville Wright getting ready to fly in a glider in 1902, just over a year before the successful test of a powered airplane, at Kitty Hawk. He is flanked by his brother Wilbur, left, and Dan Tate

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Early Wright Brothers Airplane Parked Near Buildings

Early Wright Brothers Airplane Parked Near Buildings
(Original Caption) The Wright machine with motor is shown standing in front of camp

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wright Brothers Plane

Wright Brothers Plane
(Original Caption) The First Heavier-Than-Air Plane To Fly

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Orville and Wilbur Wright During First Flight

Orville and Wilbur Wright During First Flight
(Original Caption) 12/17/1903- Kitty Hawk, NC- This official photograph shows Orville Wright rising into the air in the first power-driven flight of a man-carrying airplane in history

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Third Powered Flight

Third Powered Flight
The third powered human flight near Kitty Hawk went 200 feet and lasted 15 seconds. Orville Wright is flying. | Location: Near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: First Powered Flight

First Powered Flight
The Wright Brothers successfully test their first aircraft, making the first powered flight in history

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wright Brothers First Flight

Wright Brothers First Flight
The Flyer takes off from Kill Devil Hill, with Orville Wright at the controls, while his brother Wilbur looks on, on December 17, 1903

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Front Page of Newspaper Listing Wright Brothers Flight

Front Page of Newspaper Listing Wright Brothers Flight
Front page of the Virginian-Pilot newspaper, December 18, 1903. | Part of: Virginian-Pilot Newspaper

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wright Brothers and Airplane

Wright Brothers and Airplane
The Wright Brothers (center right) stand by one of their aircraft outside of a hanger

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wilbur Wright Sits On His Airplane

Wilbur Wright Sits On His Airplane
(Original Caption) Wilbur Wright sits at the controls of the Wright Brothers airplane on the ground. Undated photograph, circa 1906

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: A Wright Brothers Airplane

A Wright Brothers Airplane
(Original Caption) A group of men get a close view of the Wright Brothers airplane as it sits on the ground in the middle of a field. Undated photograph, circa 1906

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wright Brothers with Allan Ryan

Wright Brothers with Allan Ryan
(Original Caption) Airplane inventors, Wilbur Wright, left, Orville Wright, center, and on the right, Allan Ryan

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wilbur Wright

Wilbur Wright, of Dayton, Ohio, who along with his Orville developed the airplane

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wright Brothers Attending Ceremony

Wright Brothers Attending Ceremony
The Wright Brothers stand and remove their hats at an unidentified ceremony

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wilbur Wright

Wilbur Wright
WIlbur Wright standing at a mantelpiece. (Photo by VCG Wilson/Bettmann Archive)

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wilbur Wright in His Airplane

Wilbur Wright in His Airplane
(Original Caption) 1908-France: Wilbur Wright in his airplane during flight in France, 1908

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: View of Wright Brothers Plane

View of Wright Brothers Plane
The Wright Brothers and others by plane

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wilbur Wright and Paul Zens

Wilbur Wright and Paul Zens
(Original Caption) France : Wilbur Wright (1867-1912), American pioneer in aviation, and Paul Zens, famous French flier, preparing for two man flight in Le Mans, France. Photo 1908

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Paul Zens and Wilbur Wright

Paul Zens and Wilbur Wright
(Original Caption) Wilbur Wright (1867-1912), American pioneer in aviation, and Paul Zens, famous French flier, preparing for two man flight in Le Mans, France

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wilbur Wright Hudson-Fulton Celebration

Wilbur Wright Hudson-Fulton Celebration
Wilbur Wright (R) at the Hudson-Fulton Celebration in New York City. He flew a demonstration flight as part of the celebrations events

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Orville, Wilbur and Katharine Wright

Orville, Wilbur and Katharine Wright
Inventors Orville (L) and Wilbur Wright (R) stand with their sister Katharine (center) on the deck of a ship

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wright Brothers Test Flight

Wright Brothers Test Flight
Fort Myers, FL-ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Wilbur Wright photographs test flight of Orville at Fort Myers. ** BPA2#360 **

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Military and Flight Officials with Wright Airplane

Military and Flight Officials with Wright Airplane
(Original Caption) Virginia: Testing Out the New Wright Brothers Biplane, at Fort Myer, 1909. At the base of the starting tower

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: The Wright Brothers

The Wright Brothers
Ohio brothers Wilbur (left) and Orville Wright developed the first successful powered airplane, which flew at Kitty Hawk in 1903

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Military Plane Purchased from Wright Brothers

Military Plane Purchased from Wright Brothers
(Original Caption) First Military Plane Purchased by US

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Orville Wright and Associates During Plane Test

Orville Wright and Associates During Plane Test
(Original Caption) Virginia: Testing Out The New Wright Brothers Biplane, at Fort Myer, 1909. Side view of plane. Orville Wright, (in civilian clothes), is testing the struts

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wright Brothers Flying Plane

Wright Brothers Flying Plane
Orville and Wilbur Wright test one of their airplanes

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Inventors Orville and Wilbur Wright

Inventors Orville and Wilbur Wright
(Original Caption) Orville and Wilbur Wright walking

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wright Glider After Bumpy Landing

Wright Glider After Bumpy Landing
Orville Wright climbs out of a glider which made a less than perfect landing at Kitty Hawk in 1911. On the ground are (l-r) Alec Ogilvie and Wilbur Wright

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Orville Wright Flying Glider

Orville Wright Flying Glider
Orville Wright flies a glider over Kill Devil Hills

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Orville and Wilbur Wright with Their Sister and Brothers

Orville and Wilbur Wright with Their Sister and Brothers
(L-R): Lorin, Orville, Wilbur, and Katherine Wright in 1915

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Orville and Wilbur Wright

Orville and Wilbur Wright
Portrait of Orville (L) and Wilbur Wright, taken from a picture of them with their sister and brothers

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Orville, Wilbur And Katharine Wright

Orville, Wilbur And Katharine Wright
(Original Caption) Full length portrait of inventors Orville Wright (L) and Wilbur Wright (R) standing with their sister Katherine Wright (center) on the deck of a ship. Undated photograph, circa 1910

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Orville Wright Attending Wilbur Wright Field Dedication

Orville Wright Attending Wilbur Wright Field Dedication
(Original Caption) The birthplace of aviation in Dayton, Ohio, where Wilbur and Orville Wright introduced aviation to the world a quarter of a century ago

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Orville Wright with Model Planes

Orville Wright with Model Planes
(Original Caption) Orville Wright looks fondly at the crate-like plane that he holds in his left hand. It is a model of the one that he took aloft at Kitty Hawk, N.C

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wrights Brothers Plane in London

Wrights Brothers Plane in London
Schoolboys look at the Wright 1903 Flyer during its stay at the London Science Museum because of a disagreement between Orville Wright and the Smithsonian Institute

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Illustration of Wright Brothers First Motor Propelled Flight

Illustration of Wright Brothers First Motor Propelled Flight
Wilbur Wright watches Orville Wright pilot the first successful heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on December 17, 1903

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Illustration of the Wright brothers leading the way on country lane with their cycling club

Illustration of the Wright brothers leading the way on country lane with their cycling club

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Illustration of Otto Lilienthal takes to skies in his glider

Illustration of Otto Lilienthal takes to skies in his glider

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Illustration of the Wright Brothers printing with woodcut printing block

Illustration of the Wright Brothers printing with woodcut printing block

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Illustration Orville and Wilbur Wrights toy helicopter

Illustration Orville and Wilbur Wrights toy helicopter

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Illustration of man flying bi-plane kite

Illustration of man flying bi-plane kite

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Illustration of Orville and Wilbur Wright looking up and pointing

Illustration of Orville and Wilbur Wright looking up and pointing

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Illustration of Wilbur Wright flying a large biplane kite

Illustration of Wilbur Wright flying a large biplane kite


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