Killing time while waiting to move into our newly found
house across the street from the beach in Kill Devil Hills, we decided to mosey
down to Kitty Hawk and check out the Wright brothers scene. Wow!
My absolute favorite kind of a site!
It had: a beautiful memorial to the aviators, with a
moving inscription honoring the brothers for their courage, quest for
understanding, imagination and persistence.
Very inspiring.
Also, the playground
for children had a huge climbing model built to scale of the plane the Wright
brothers flew, as well as statues in situ of the other people who were present
when the brothers made their first flight.
Finally, completely to scale, there was the actual monorail the brothers
used to launch the flight, and granite markers showing how far the plane went
on each trial. Wow! We couldn’t visit the inside museums because
the pug boys were with
us, but we are heading back once we get settled in!
Green arrow is the lst flight--12 seconds
Aqua arrow is the 2nd flight
Pink arrow is the 3rd flight
Yellow arrow is the 4th flight---275 yards!
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
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