![[Closeup view of the Wright brothers' tent at Kitty Hawk, a half mile from Captain Tate's home]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDkvY2xvc2V1cC12aWV3LW9mLXRoZS13cmlnaHQtYnJvdGhlcnMtdGVudC1hdC1raXR0eS1oYXdrLWEtaGFsZi1taWxlLWZyb20tY2FwdGFpbi0yZmY0MDUtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[Closeup view of the Wright brothers' tent at Kitty Hawk, a half mile from Captain Tate's home]")
[Closeup view of the Wright brothers' tent at Kitty Hawk, a half mile ...
Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 47. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More
Miscellaneous: EC03-0163-16 The mural was created...
EC03-0163-16 The mural was created to celebrate the achievements of Wilbur and Orville Wright and to commemorate a century of powered flight. Central to the composition is the 1903 Wright Flyer. ''On Dec. 17, 1... More
Lt Cmdr. Klas, US Navy Photogrpah
Jockey\'s Ridge State Park, N.C. (Oct. 03, 2002) Lt. Cmdr. Klas "Santa" Ohman stationed aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), completes a flight in a replica of the 1902 Wright brothers' glider. Ohman, one of only thr... More
![[Wilbur gliding down steep slope of Big Kill Devil Hill; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDUvd2lsYnVyLWdsaWRpbmctZG93bi1zdGVlcC1zbG9wZS1vZi1iaWcta2lsbC1kZXZpbC1oaWxsLWtpdHR5LWhhd2stbm9ydGgtY2Fyb2xpbmEtODE2NTYzLTEwMjQuanBn/40/29/webp "[Wilbur gliding down steep slope of Big Kill Devil Hill; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]")
[Wilbur gliding down steep slope of Big Kill Devil Hill; Kitty Hawk, N...
Title based on reference print and information in: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 53. Attributed to Wilbur and/... More
Lt Cmdr. Klas. 1900s Japan, public domain image.
Jockey\'s Ridge State Park, N.C. (Oct. 03, 2002) Lt. Cmdr. Klas "Santa" Ohman, from aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), completes a flight in a replica of the 1902 Wright brothers' glider. Ohman, one of only three m... More
The Langley Aerodrome, Wright Brothers National Memorial, 1903.
Just nine days before the Wright brothers flew at Kitty Hawk, Samuel P. Langley, the third director and secretary of the Smithsonian had failed to prove that his man-carrying aerodrome could fly first when it c... More
![[1903 machine on the launching track at Big Kill Devil Hill, prior to the December 14th trial. Four men from the Kill Devil Hills Lifesaving Station helped move it from the shed to the hill, accompanied by two small boys and a dog]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDMvMDEvMDEvMTkwMy1tYWNoaW5lLW9uLXRoZS1sYXVuY2hpbmctdHJhY2stYXQtYmlnLWtpbGwtZGV2aWwtaGlsbC1wcmlvci10by10aGUtZGVjZW1iZXItMS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/28/webp "[1903 machine on the launching track at Big Kill Devil Hill, prior to the December 14th trial. Four men from the Kill Devil Hills Lifesaving Station helped move it from the shed to the hill, accompanied by two small boys and a dog]")
[1903 machine on the launching track at Big Kill Devil Hill, prior to ...
Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Wright Brothers' First Heavier-than-air Flight
Description (December 17, 1903) On December 17, 1903, at 10:30am at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, this airplane arose for a few seconds to make the first powered, heavier-than-air controlled flight in history. Th... More
Wright brothers aeroplane - patented plans, 1908
Four plans: The top plan of the Wright aeroplane / drawings by W.B. Robinson from Wright Brothers' specification in the Patent Office; Fig. 1 - Wright flying machine; Fig. 3 - figures descriptives du brevet fra... More
The Wright Brothers Flyer arrives at Fort Myer, Virginia (VA) aboard a...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Myer, Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Pub... More
The Wright Brothers test fly their aircraft on Fort Myer's parade fiel...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Myer, Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Pub... More
![[Group portrait in front of glider at Kill Devil Hill. Sitting: Horace Wright, Orville Wright, and Alexander Ogilvie; standing: Lorin Wright, and group of journalists, including Van Ness Harwood of the New York World, Berges of the American News Service, Arnold Kruckman of the New York American, Mitchell of the New York Herald, and John Mitchell of the Associated Press; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMjMvZ3JvdXAtcG9ydHJhaXQtaW4tZnJvbnQtb2YtZ2xpZGVyLWF0LWtpbGwtZGV2aWwtaGlsbC1zaXR0aW5nLWhvcmFjZS13cmlnaHQtNGIxNmJlLTEwMjQuanBn/40/28/webp "[Group portrait in front of glider at Kill Devil Hill. Sitting: Horace Wright, Orville Wright, and Alexander Ogilvie; standing: Lorin Wright, and group of journalists, including Van Ness Harwood of the New York World, Berges of the American News Service, Arnold Kruckman of the New York American, Mitchell of the New York Herald, and John Mitchell of the Associated Press; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]")
[Group portrait in front of glider at Kill Devil Hill. Sitting: Horace...
Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 117. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in L... More
AVIATION, ARMY. COLLEGE PARK AVIATION FIELD. WRIGHT BROTHERS' PLANE, W...
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Orville Wrights Test His Glider at Kitty Hawk, NC
(October 24, 1911) This photograph of Orville Wright in his glider at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, was taken on October 24, 1911. His new glider broke all the previous gliding records by actually soaring and sta... More
![[Right front view of glider in flight]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTUvcmlnaHQtZnJvbnQtdmlldy1vZi1nbGlkZXItaW4tZmxpZ2h0LWIzMGFkNi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/29/webp "[Right front view of glider in flight]")
[Right front view of glider in flight]
Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 116. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in L... More
![[Three-quarter left rear view of glider in flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTgvdGhyZWUtcXVhcnRlci1sZWZ0LXJlYXItdmlldy1vZi1nbGlkZXItaW4tZmxpZ2h0LWF0LWtpdHR5LWhhd2stbm9ydGgtY2Fyb2xpbmEtZDc3YWU3LTEwMjQuanBn/40/28/webp "[Three-quarter left rear view of glider in flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]")
[Three-quarter left rear view of glider in flight at Kitty Hawk, North...
Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 115 Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LO... More
Airplanes - Historical - The first Aircraft Landing Field Identificati...
Airplanes - Historical Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Wright Brothers' 1903 Aeroplane Kitty Hawk in First Flight
Original caption: Original Wright Brothers' 1903 Aeroplane ("Kitty Hawk") in first flight, December 17, 1903 at Kitty Hawk, N.C. Orville Wright at controls. Wilbur Wright standing at right. (first flight was 12... More
Airplanes - Historical - Wright Brothers' 1903 Aeroplane ("Kitty Hawk"...
Airplanes - Historical Public domain photograph of aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Airplanes - Historical - Wright Brothers' Aeroplane. Dayton-Wright Air...
Date Taken: 1918 Photographer: Dayton-Wright Airplane Co. Airplanes - Historical Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Weick W-1A of 1934. NASA public domain image colelction.
(1934) Fred Weick's homebuilt W-1A of 1934, one of the first aircraft to employ tricycle landing gear. Weick and a group of nine other Langley engineers built this small experimental airplane in their spare tim... More
X-1 On Display, NASA history collection
Description (1948) A Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1 series aircraft on display at an Open House at NACA Muroc Flight Test Unit or High-Speed Flight Research Station hangar on South Base of Edwards Air Force Base... More
YF-93A (AF48-318 NACA-151) Flight evaluation and comparison of a NACA ...
YF-93A (AF48-318 NACA-151) Flight evaluation and comparison of a NACA submerged inlet and a scoop inlet. The YF-93A's were the first aircraft to use flush NACA engine inlets. Note: Used in Flight Research a... More
ARC-1969-A-16591 NASA history collection
Flight evaluation and comparison of a NACA submerged inlet and a scoop inlet on the North American YF-93A (AF48-317 NACA-139). The YF-93A's were the first aircraft to use flush NACA engine inlets. aircraft to... More
NACA Aircraft in Hangar - Clockwise from front center: YF-84A, D-558-1...
Description (1953) In the center foreground of this 1953 hanger photo is the YF-84A (NACA 134/Air Force 45-59490) used for vortex generator research. It arrived on November 28, 1949, and departed on April 21, 1... More
NACA Aircraft on Lakebed-X-3, D-558-1, XF4D, D-558-2
Description (1954) A group picture of Douglas Airplanes, taken for a photographic promotion in 1954, at what is now known as the Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The photo in... More
X-1E Loaded in B-29 Mothership on Ramp
Description (1955) The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1E airplane being loaded under the mothership, Boeing B-29. The X planes had originally been lowered into a loading pit and the launch aircraft towed over the ... More
P-51 Mustang on Lakebed. Experimental NASA aircraft photograph.
Description (1955) This photograph shows a NACA research pilot running up the engine of the F-51 Mustang on the taxiway adjacent to Rogers Dry Lake at the NACA High-Speed Flight Station in 1955. A P-51 Mustang,... More
Always Keep Trying - National Parks Gallery
On December 14th, 1903 Wright Brothers had several crash landings. They didn't give up, and three days later they made history, flying the first controlled, powered flight in the world.
A replica of the 1911 Wright "B" Flyer on display in front of a C-5A G...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Wayne W. Specht Release Sta... More
Wright Brothers plane in the Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Artwork: "The Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk, December 17, 1903"- Artis...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
A replica of the Curtiss pusher seaplane designated A-1 is suspended f...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Paul T. Erickson Release Sta... More
An R4D Skytrain aircraft named "Que Sera Sera" on display at the US Na...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Paul T. Erickson Release Sta... More
A replica of the Curtiss pusher seaplane designated A-1 is suspended f...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Paul T. Erickson Release Sta... More
F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft of the 169th Tactical Fighter Group, Sou...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD 85 Base: Mcentire Ang Station State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera O... More
SR-71B - Mach 3 Trainer in Flight at Sunset
Description: The setting sun peeks beneath a SR-71B Blackbird, silhouetted against the orange hues of the western sky on a 1995 flight from at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California. Two SR-7... More
A P-51 Mustang and a C-130J sit in the newly renovated McKinley Climat...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Kenneth Moyer Release Status: Released t... More
In 1973 it was the first aircraft to carry POW's out of Hanoi. This C-...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Randolph Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Steve Thurow, USAF Release Status:... More
Path through what is now, as it was in 1904, mostly a pasture at the H...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright had already flown their Wright Flyer III, the world's first practical heavier-than-air plane, for 5... More
AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Matthew Palmer, USAF, 31st Maintenance Squadr...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Charlein C. Sheets, USAF Rel... More
A US Air Force (USAF) C-37A Gulfstream aircraft lands on the runway at...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Rich Puckett, Usafs Release Statu... More
US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Cliff Oney, with the 86th Ex...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Rich Puckett, USAF Release Statu... More
US Air Force (USAF) personnel with the 86th Expeditionary Contingency ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Rich Puckett, USAF Release St... More
A view of the Wright Brother's National memorial at Big Kill Devil Hil...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kitty Hawk State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Jim Varhegyi, USAF Release Status: Rel... More
The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) operates in the...
ARABIAN SEA (Apr. 25, 2009) The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) operates in the Arabian Sea before the first aircraft launch of the day. The Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group is underway on a s... More
An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (...
ATLANTIC OCEAN (May. 19, 2009) An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23, piloted by Lt. Patrick McKenna and Cmdr. Beau Duarte, became the first aircraft to be catapulted from... More
Wright brothers' flyer, Wright Brothers National Memorial, 2014.
Date unknown. Public domain photograph - aircraft, aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Wright brothers' flyer, Wright Brothers National Memorial, 2014.
Date unknown. Public domain photograph of aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
An F/A-18C Hornet from the Blue Blasters of Strike Fighter Squadron (V...
PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 09, 2014) An F/A-18C Hornet from the Blue Blasters of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 34 is the first aircraft to launch from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. ... More
Naval Air Station Key West's MH-60 Sea Hawk search and rescue helicopt...
KEY WEST, Fla. (Jun. 20, 2019) Naval Air Station Key West's MH-60 Sea Hawk search and rescue helicopter is the first aircraft to take advantage of the newly installed pantograph hot refueling system at NAS Key ... More
Naval Air Station Key West's MH-60 Sea Hawk search and rescue helicopt...
KEY WEST, Fla. (Jun. 20, 2019) Naval Air Station Key West's MH-60 Sea Hawk search and rescue helicopter is the first aircraft to take advantage of the newly installed pantograph hot refueling system at NAS Key ... More
Naval Air Station Key West's MH-60 Sea Hawk search and rescue helicopt...
KEY WEST, Fla. (Jun. 20, 2019) Naval Air Station Key West's MH-60 Sea Hawk search and rescue helicopter is the first aircraft to take advantage of the newly installed pantograph hot refueling system at NAS Key ... More
Naval Air Station Key West's MH-60 Sea Hawk search and rescue helicopt...
KEY WEST, Fla. (Jun. 20, 2019) Naval Air Station Key West's MH-60 Sea Hawk search and rescue helicopter is the first aircraft to take advantage of the newly installed pantograph hot refueling system at NAS Key ... More
Wilbur Wright 1867 - 1912 HU98265
Wilbur Wright 1867 - 1912 Wilbur Wright was born near Millville, Indiana in the United States. Together with his brother Orville, he set up and ran printing and bicycle businesses before becoming interested in... More
Wrightflyer - An old photo of a man standing in front of an airplane
First successful flight of the Wright Flyer, by the Wright brothers. The machine traveled 120 ft (36.6 m) in 12 seconds at 10:35 a.m. on 17 December 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Orville Wright was at th... More
Wright Brothers Aeroplane - Drawing. Public domain image.
Public domain photograph of aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
1903-03-23 pat821393 fig1 - Drawing. Public domain image.
Patent No. 821,393. O. & W. Wright. Flying Machine. Fig. I. Deutsch: Patent Nr. 821,393. O. & W. Wright. Flying Machine. Fig. I.
Public Domain Images - Wright Brothers
public domain image from gimp-savvy.com
![[First flight, 120 feet in 12 seconds, 10:35 a.m.; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDMvMDEvMDEvZmlyc3QtZmxpZ2h0LTEyMC1mZWV0LWluLTEyLXNlY29uZHMtMTAzNS1hbS1raXR0eS1oYXdrLW5vcnRoLWNhcm9saW5hLTEwMjQuanBn/40/28/webp "[First flight, 120 feet in 12 seconds, 10:35 a.m.; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]")
[First flight, 120 feet in 12 seconds, 10:35 a.m.; Kitty Hawk, North C...
Photograph shows the first powered, controlled, sustained flight. Orville Wright at the controls of the machine, lying prone on the lower wing with hips in the cradle which operated the wing-warping mechanism. ... More
![[First flight, 120 feet in 12 seconds, 10:35 a.m.; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3RodW1ibmFpbC8xOTAzLzAxLzAxL2ZpcnN0LWZsaWdodC0xMjAtZmVldC1pbi0xMi1zZWNvbmRzLTEwMzUtYW0ta2l0dHktaGF3ay1ub3J0aC1jYXJvbGluYS0xLTIwMC5qcGc%3D/40/40/webp "[First flight, 120 feet in 12 seconds, 10:35 a.m.; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]")
[First flight, 120 feet in 12 seconds, 10:35 a.m.; Kitty Hawk, North C...
Photograph shows the first powered, controlled, sustained flight. Orville Wright at the controls of the machine, lying prone on the lower wing with hips in the cradle which operated the wing-warping mechanism. ... More