Over the new year eve weekend we was in the Outer Banks. Of course while we was down there we had to visit the Wright Brothers National Memorial. It is only 4 dollars to get in. This is where the Wright Brothers made the first official airplane flight in 1903. The chose Kitty Hawk because it was a place with favorable winds, sands dune for soft landing in case of crashes and sparsely populated. On December they made 4 successful flight, the shortest was 120 feet and the longest was 852 feel.
The last flight lasted 59 seconds and covered 852 feet. Above is the marker of where it landed. It took us 3 minutes and 40 seconds or 220 seconds to walk it so pretty impressive for back in 1903 and it being the first time.
Above is the walkway that follows the path of the 4 flights and to the left is the memorial for Wilbur and Orville Wright at the top of one of the sand dunes of Kill Devil Hills.
For the flight with the motorize plane they took off for a level playing field but before then they did test in a glider and they did the test from the top of the dunes.
Also on the site is a model of the first airplane, the two wright brothers and 5 helpers who help carry the plane to the starting point and other things they needed.
Evidently riding over 100 planes a year is not enough for Teri and she had to hitch another ride.
Also on the site is the museum where they pictures of many important people in the history of flight including astronauts and other famous pilots of the first few decades of last century like Lindbaugh and Amelia Earhart. All in all it was a fun and educational day at the Wright Brothers National Memorial
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