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    Wright Brothers National Memorial, located in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, commemorates the first successful, sustained, powered flights in a heavier-than-air...
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    The Wright brothers, Orville Wright (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur Wright (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912), were American aviation pioneers...
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  • The Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy was established by the National Aeronautic Association (NAA) in 1948 after a trust fund was created in 1936 by Godfrey...
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  • the Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kill Devil Hills, N.C.[citation needed] December 17, 2023, is the 120th anniversary of the Wright brothers' first...
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  • Ohio, USA Wright Brothers National Memorial, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, USA; the place where the Wrights first flew Wright Brothers Field, Jezero...
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    younger sister of aviation pioneers Wilbur and Orville Wright. She worked closely with her brothers, managing their bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio when they...
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    Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina (category Wright brothers)
    Hills is the site of the Wright Brothers National Memorial, commemorating the siblings' four powered airplane flights in the Wright Flyer on Thursday, December...
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    aircraft—an airplane—on December 17, 1903. Invented and flown by brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright, it marked the beginning of the pioneer era of aviation. The...
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    First Flight Airport (category National Park Service areas in North Carolina)
    Wright brothers. The Wright Brothers National Memorial, located atop nearby Kill Devil Hill, is a 60-foot granite pylon paying homage to the Wright Brothers...
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    Magazine NASA Reliving the Wright Way Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum The Wright Brothers US Centennial of Flight Commission — Wright Family...
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    been used in famous structures, including the Wright Brothers National Memorial and the Arlington Memorial Bridge. Mount Airy became a significant hub for...
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    memorial". Washington Post. "World War II Memorial". National Park Service. Retrieved March 31, 2019. "Wright Brothers National Memorial". National Park...
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    Flight – Wright Brothers National Memorial (U.S. National Park Service)". National Park Service. Gibbs-Smith, C. H. (2002). The Wright Brothers: Aviation...
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    "The Wright Brothers | Susan Wright". airandspace.si.edu. Retrieved October 10, 2019. McCullough, David G. (May 5, 2015). The Wright brothers (First...
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  • Mitchell/Giurgola was the Wright Brothers National Memorial Visitor Center (1957) for the US National Park Service, a building that brought them national attention for...
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    Monitor National Marine Sanctuary Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge Wright Brothers National Memorial Bodie Island Lighthouse Buxton Woods Coastal Reserve...
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    North Carolina Granite Corporation Quarry Complex (category Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina)
    Knox, the Arlington Memorial Bridge in Washington, the Wright Brothers National Memorial at Kitty Hawk, and the Albert Einstein Memorial in Washington. It...
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    fixed-wing aircraft or kite. The technique, used and patented by the Wright brothers, consisted of a system of pulleys and cables to twist the trailing...
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    Smoky Mountains National Park Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site Fort Raleigh National Historic Site Wright Brothers National Memorial Guilford Courthouse...
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    Shrine at the Wright Brothers National Memorial at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, joining other honorees such as Wilbur and Orville Wright, Charles Lindbergh...
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    2018. Wright Brothers National Memorial Temporarily Closing Due to Winter Storm, NPS.gov, January 3, 2018 Wright Brothers National Memorial to Remain...
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    The Wright Brothers Medal was conceived of in 1924 by the Dayton Section of the Society of Automotive Engineers, and the SAE established it in 1927 to...
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    the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Ceremony of Dedication 1998 – Re-dedication of the Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina...
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    Outer Banks (category Wright brothers)
    nickname Graveyard of the Atlantic. The Outer Banks were also home to the Wright brothers' first flight in a controlled, powered, heavier-than-air vehicle on...
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    Neil Armstrong's LM PPK contained a piece of wood from the Wright brothers' 1903 Wright Flyer's left propeller and a piece of fabric from its wing, along...
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  • include heritage areas, historic sites, national seashores, historic trails, and memorials managed by the National Park Service. Several of the parks include...
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  • of Fame, Asheboro Sullenberger Aviation Museum, Charlotte Wright Brothers National Memorial, Kitty Hawk US Army Airborne & Special Operations Museum,...
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    Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, Moores Creek National Battlefield and Wright Brothers National Memorial were closed...
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    Wiley Post (category National Aviation Hall of Fame inductees)
    First Flight Society's First Flight Shrine, located at the Wright Brothers National Memorial. In 1997, Post was inducted into the International Air & Space...
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    US, located in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. It is located not far from the Wright Brothers National Memorial and is off highway 12 at milepost...
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