The place where mankind first took flight
October 16, 2003

The Monument placed atop Kill Devil Hill in 1928

The Wright Brothers Museum, maintained by the National Park Service

Your humble narrator beside the Wright Brothers' plaque

A working replica housed inside the museum

A detail of the replica showing Orville Wright at the controls

The steering gear next to the first airplane engine

The large stone is the beginning of the first four flights

100th Anniversary Survey Marker showing the takeoff point

This marker stands at the ending point of the first flight

Looking back from the three ending stones to the start

The same shot from the other side, showing Kill Devil Hill

The perspective from the end of the first flight

This is the 25th Anniversary plaque at the starting point of the flights

Here is the wooden rail which served as a runway

Replicas of the Wright Brothers' hanger and living space

The long path to the Kill Devil Hill Monument

The Wright Monument from halfway up the path

The Moon next to the Wright Monument's southeast corner

The north face of the Wright Monument with busts of the brothers

The northwestern view of the Wright Monument

The Sun peeking around the western face of the Wright Monument

Looking back from the Wright Monument towards the First Flight and buildings

The western face of the Wright Monument

the southwestern view of the Wright Monument

Quonset huts to support the 100th Anniversary Replica Flight

The 25th Anniversary plaque in its stone at the flight's beginning point

A descriptive plaque with the famous photo