Wright Brothers National Memorial

A trip to see the Italian Flight Demonstration Team Feccee Tricolori in Virginia Beach, VA brought me enticingly close to Kill Devil Hills, NC. Location of the first successful, powered flight by the Wright Brothers. This was too good of an opportunity to resist.

I made the nearly 2-hour drive over to this most hallowed location for aviation buffs. I arrived at the park after it had closed. But I was lucky that the park was hosting a movie night that evening and the gates were still open. I took this opportunity to visit the monuments and walk on the same grounds that Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright once tread. Being able to walk the distance that the Wright Brothers flew on that momentous day was both thrilling and sobering.

August 22, 2024

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