1903
Wilbur Wright (born 1867)
and his brother, Orville (born 1871), stand at the forefront of the
earliest aviation pioneers — two bicycle mechanics from Dayton, Ohio,
who stunned the world by inventing powered flight. Their first successful
powered flights on December 17, 1903 marked the culmination of several
years of their own experiments with large kites and gliders and climaxed
years of effort by other men to learn the secrets of flight.
2003
As was announced on
September 12, 2000, at a special event held at the National Air and Space
Museum, Washington, D.C., EAA commissioned The Wright Experience to
reconstruct the 1903 Wright Flyer Reproduction. The crowning event will
take place on Dec. 17, 2003, at 10:35 a.m. in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina,
when the meticulously reconstructed Flyer attempts to repeat Orville
Wright’s remarkable first flight—100 years later.
