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The Wright Brothers Centennial

Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff
The Wright Brothers Centennial
A Century of Flight
Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk
The Wright Brothers first flight at Kitty Hawk

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

Orville Wright, Major John F. Curry, and Colonel Charles Lindbergh, who came to pay Orville a personal call at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, June 22, 1927
Orville Wright, Major John F. Curry, and Colonel Charles Lindbergh, who came to pay Orville a personal call at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, June 22, 1927
All About the Wrights

Early Developments in Human Flight
Kitty Hawk to WWII

Pioneers of Flight
Orville and Wilbur Wright

Recreating the Wright Stuff
A full replica of the historic 1903 Wright Flyer

More on Aviation History

Famous Firsts in Aviation
Absolute Records in Aviation
Amelia Earhart's Legacy Remembered
The Spirit of St. Louis
Women in Aviation
Encyclopedia: Aviation
The National Aviators Hall of Fame
Famous Planes

Notable Aviators

• Bessie Coleman
• Glenn Curtiss
• Benjamin Davis
• James Doolittle
• Amelia Earhart
• Otto Lilienthal
• Anne Morrow Lindbergh
• Charles Lindbergh
• Beryl Markham
• Harriet Quimby
• Antoine de Saint-Exupery
• Katherine Stinson
• Hubert Wilkins
• Orville and Wilbur Wright
• Chuck Yeager

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