Wright Brothers National Memoria Park, located in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, commemorates the first successful, sustained, powered flights in a heavier-than-air machine. The Memorial is located on the very spot where the Brothers first took flight. When the Wright Brothers chose this location, it was because they needed a location with a hill high enough to take off from, steady winds to help carry their craft aloft, and a soft landing spot. At the time they were building their craft, the field the field was a large sand lot, devoid of all vegitation, with a high sand dune at the southern edge. It was perfect for launching and safely crash landing their expeimental gliders.
Today the site is covered in grass. The tall memorial sits atop the sand dune from which their gliders tool off, a replica of the tool shheds and hangers they build to house thier experimental gliders sits in the middle of the field, and large stone markers are set into the gorund showing each successively longer flight.
We took turns taking pictures of one another standing on the flight path with our Flat Stanley dolls of the grand kids
and of course we checked out the Visitor Center
and all of its exhibits.
This really is a "Must See" attraction for any Outer Banks
aviation enthusiast, or history lover.
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