Where did the first sustained manned aircraft flight occur in U.S.?
Correct answer: North Carolina
JasonR1972
heavier than air, not balloon.
powered, not glider.
controlled, not suicide.
3 feats the made the Wrights & N. Carolina: First In Flight.
Solabraicity
Let’s not forget their sister, Katharine Wright. She helped run the bicycle shop while they worked on airplanes, she packed supplies, funded them with her salary from teaching, and even learned French so she could talk to foreign dignitaries for them.
Montana Lady
I remember going there on a field trip as a child and seeing the field with the markers of where each flight took off & landed... Can you even imagine being the first to try & then the elation? Amazing!
TurboWolf44
Player #1493585brain, North Carolina license plates say "First In Flight" for a reason.😉
NeedyMole98722
Was in Kitty Hawk North Carolina. Served on the USS Kitty Hawk CV-63 from 1982-86
LittleTragedy7
Kelli, They were from Ohio
Tanya
NeedyMole98722, Kitty Hawk is given the distinction, but Kill Devil Hills is close to the site also. Beautiful area.
Player #2386701
TurboWolf44, they actually tested it first in Ohio before they went to North Carolina
Don M
BUT THEY WERE OHIOANS!!!!
steelworker1957
wharfrat57, never did have "buckeyes" on NC plates. The flight took place in NC because of the wind currents that did not exist in Ohio.
Tom
It was done at Kill Devil Hills not Kitty Hawk. I worked for a circus who set up at the radio station across the road from the monument commiserating the event.
Tamsy
NeedyMole98722, a
wesley
LittleTragedy7, Dayton Ohio exactly which still calls itself the birthplace of aviation.
Joyous one
NeedyMole98722, Thank you for your service!
Vic
Solabraicity, strong women usually behind most famous men,,lol
Pookie903
NeedyMole98722, Thank you for your service.
Maestro1313
Out on the high dunes of the Outer Banks.
GI Joe
Some related trivia. The frst ever air show was held in New Jersey.
Player. Ty
That must of been mind blowing! Bicycle Mechanic, Flying?
Bobby's BFF
From Ohio too!
Bobby's BFF
Been to the place where it happend, love North Carolina!
Kelli
Olliesmommi, ohh...that was must of been what I was thinking as well. I knew they flew something in Ohio, but the word "sustained" tripped me up.
LULULOY
TurboWolf44, not the first or last mistake on this topic
wharfrat57
Strange that NC would want two Buckeyes on their license plates. And there claim to fame are from people not even from there. But cool nonetheless
WindyJunction1
It was at Kill Devil Hills, NC and exactly 50 years before I was born. A very special place in my heart for these brothers.
PaulaJo428
Player #2386701, in Dayton ohio
Widama007
they were the greatest
Player #3220410
Player #1493585brain, my relatives
Montana Lady
JasonR1972, it's kind of sad that it has to be spelled out like that to adults, when the committee has already met and been decided on the subject.
constantgamer0421
JasonR1972, Indeed, as many vehicle tags for NC have the phrase "First in flight" on them.