We spent the 4th of July visiting the site of the first manned flight, Kitty Hawk NC! This National Park includes an interesting museum (Engineer Hubby understood way more of the exhibits than Wifey). The exhibits explained various components of the science of flight as well as the hurdles that the Wright brothers encountered in developing the first "airplanes".
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| Life-Size Replica of the first successful flyer |
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| The site of the successful flights! |
The first day of successful flight in 1903, the brothers took 4 flights, the last one the longest at 59 seconds for a distance of 852 feet. When visiting Kitty Hawk, you can walk the path of these flights and see a marker at each distance.
Also on the National Park site is Big Kill Devil Hill. During the early 1900s this was a large sand hill that the brothers and team would carry early designs (essentially giant kites) up and then use the cross winds for test 'flights' back down. Despite the heat, we chose to climb up the hill and see the monument up top. Honestly it was pretty warm, but we were determined. Note to self: Avoid travel in the summer.
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