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On Tuesday, the Wright Brothers National Memorial hosted an anniversary event that also honored the late Charles McGee. McGee was one of the famed Tuskegee Airmen, flying for the racially ...
Wright-Dunbar Day is coming up this Sunday, and to celebrate, there will be a fun block party. Wright-Dunbar Day honors four ...
On Dec. 17, 1903, two brothers from Dayton, Ohio, harnessed the winds of North Carolina's Outer Banks to take flight. 121 years ago today: Wright Brothers Day celebrates first flight ...
Complete Guide to Wright Brothers National Memorial in North Carolina, including things to do, history, nearby lodging a ...
On Dec. 17, 1903, Orville Wright made history's first sustained airplane flight, lasting 12 seconds and covering 120 feet near Kitty Hawk, N.C. His brother Wilbur flew 852 feet later that day.
KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. — The Wright Brothers National Memorial will host its annual First Flight anniversary on December 17 – the day Wilbur and Orville Wright made aviation history 121 years ago.
We wanted to celebrate Wright Brothers Day the Dayton.com way, so we teamed up with Nancy Horlacher, local history librarian at the Dayton Metro Library Genealogy Center, to come up with 15 lesser ...
The Wright brothers’ success on December 17, 1903, marked the beginning of powered, controlled, heavier-than-air flight. [John T. Daniels/Library of Congress] Monday celebrates National Aviation ...
On a recent trip to Dayton, I spent the day visiting some of its many Wright brothers sites. Despite being less than an hour away, Dayton is typically out of my purview for local history.
The Wright brothers seemed like the most ordinary men in the world, ... making four flights that historic day--the longest lasted fifty-seven seconds and traveled 852 feet. ...
On Oct. 3, they came together for the annual Wright Brothers Day Celebration. On Oct. 5, 1905, […] DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — A local university named after the famous brothers honors their ...