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Sand crab; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

Side view of glider flying as a kite near the ground, Wilbur at left and Orville at right, glider turned forward to right and tipped downward

Visitors and fellow campers in the Wrights' work shed at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Left to right: Octave Chanute, Orville Wright, and Edward C. Huffaker seated at left and Wilbur Wright standing

Wilbur with visitors and fellow campers in front of the Wrights' work shed at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Left to right: Edward C. Huffaker and Octave Chanute seated, Wilbur Wright standing, and George Spratt sitting on ground

Katharine Wright, wearing a leather jacket, cap, and goggles, aboard the Wright Model HS airplane with Orville, 1915

Kitchen of the camp building at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, with neatly arranged wall shelves holding dishes, canned foods, and other provisions

Wilbur in glider turning rapidly to the left, Dan Tate running alongside; Big Kill Devil Hill

Rear view of Wilbur making a right turn in glide from No. 2 Hill, right wing tipped close to the ground

1903 machine and large camp building where it was housed, and smaller building used as a workshop and living quarters at Kill Devil Hills

1903 machine and large camp building where it was housed, and smaller building used as a workshop and living quarters at Kill Devil Hills

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

Close-up view of damaged 1903 machine, rudder frame broken in landing, on ground at end of last flight

1903 machine, front view

Flight 85: Orville in flight over treetops, covering a distance of approximately 1,760 feet in 40 1/5 seconds; Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio

Dayton, United States

Close-up view of machine on launching track at Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio

Dayton, United States

Wilbur and Orville Wright with their second powered machine; Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio

Dayton, United States

The Wright home, 7 Hawthorn Street, Dayton, Ohio

Dayton, United States

A glide with the double-rudder machine moving to the left, north slope of Big Kill Devil Hill

Side view of Dan Tate, left, and Wilbur, right, flying the 1902 glider as a kite

Flight 41: Orville flying to the left at a height of about 60 feet; Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio

Dayton, United States

Flight 30: machine close to the ground, Wilbur piloting, covering a distance of 784 feet in 22 3/4 seconds; Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio

Dayton, United States

Underside view of the Wright brothers' reconstructed 1903 motor

Front view of flight 41, Orville flying to the left at a height of about 60 feet; Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio

Dayton, United States

Orville seated in Wright airplane with Albert B. Lambert before takeoff; Simms Station, Dayton, Ohio

Dayton, United States