All Photos

View of the camp building at Kitty Hawk from the northwest, showing the old building to the left and the newly constructed building on the right, with a window on its east side and outside wall braces visible on its west side

Childhood portrait of Wilbur Wright

Childhood portraits of Wilbur Wright

Orville Wright, age 34, head and shoulders, with mustache

Orville Wright, age 34, head and shoulders, with mustache

Wilbur Wright, age 38, head and shoulders, about 1905; one of the earliest published photographs of him

Magneto side of the Wright four-cylinder motor used in 1911

Close-up view of airplane, including the pilot and passenger seats

Right front view of glider in flight

Glider at Kitty Hawk

Side view of flight 41, showing the machine traveling to the right, with double horizontal rudder in front and double vertical rudder behind, as Orville flew 12 miles at Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio

Dayton, United States

Rear view of flight 46, Orville shown flying at a high altitude over Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio.

Dayton, United States

Glider being prepared for flight by Orville and assistants; a number of reporters stand off to the right

Three-quarter left rear view of glider in flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

Tom Tate in front of camp building at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

Three-quarter left rear view of glider in flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

Front view of glider outside camp building at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

Left rear view of glider at a low altitude, showing the fixed vertical fin attached to a front strut; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

Left rear view of glider at a high altitude; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

Exterior view of the Wright Company factory; Dayton, Ohio

Dayton, United States

Series of flights from May through July, just after the opening of the Wright Flying School, probably Orville acting as instructor; Simms Station, Dayton, Ohio

Dayton, United States

Series of flights from May through July, just after the opening of the Wright Flying School, probably Orville acting as instructor; Simms Station, Dayton, Ohio

Dayton, United States

Large crowd of spectators gathered at the edge of a field at Simms Station, Dayton, Ohio, where a series of flights were conducted from May through July, just after the opening of the Wright Flying School. A trolley car is visible in the background

Dayton, United States

Scipio, a St. Bernard dog Orville acquired in March, 1917