Wright Flyer
The Wright Flyer (the Kitty Hawk, often retrospectively referred to as Flyer" I or 1903 "Flyer) was the first successful heavier-than-air powered aircraft. Designed and built by the Wright brothers, they flew it four times on December 17, 1903, near Kill Devil Hills, about south of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Today, the airplane is exhibited in the National Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C. The U.S. Smithsonian Institution describes the aircraft as "the first powered, heavier-than-air machine to achieve controlled, sustained flight with a pilot aboard." The flight of the "Wright Flyer" marks the beginning of the "pioneer era" of aviation.
Q35820
Wright brothers
Concept
Q2029051
Kill Devil Hills
LOC
Q628311
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
LOC
Q752669
National Air and Space Museum
LOC
Q61
Washington D.C.
LOC
Q131626
Smithsonian Institution
LOC
Q17004949
"pioneer era"
Concept
Q688605
Wright Flyer
MISC
Q688605
Wright Flyer
MISC
1903-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1903
DATE
1903-12-17T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
December 17, 1903
DATE
designed by
first flight
collection
located in the administrative territorial entity