May 1
Rented a car and went to Kitty Hawk to visit a remote sandy beach where in 1903, Orville Wright broke our human bond with Earth. He flew. It lasted only 12 seconds, and the distance of the fight was less than the length of an airliner. Orville and Wilbur Wright opened a bicycle shop in 1892 in Dayton, Ohio which supported their dream to fly. Their experiments cost around $1,000! We marveled at standing at this historical site where they marked the first 4 flights and reconstructed the 1903 hangers and quarters/workshop.
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| Historical photos from the museum |
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| Replica of a Wright Brothers plane |
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| This 60 foot monument atop 90 foot Kill Devil Hill honors the brothers and marks the site of hundreds of glider flights that preceded the first powered flight. |
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| The Elizabeth II |
Elizabeth II is a representative 16th century sailing vessel we saw while visiting Manteo on Roanoke Island. Sir Walter Raleigh's colonists hadn't planned to land at Roanoke in 1587. They were bound for the Chesapeake. Dire circumstances set them ashore farther south, and eventually sent John White, grandfather to the first English child born in the New World, Virginia Dare, back to England for supplies. War between England and Spain delayed White's return for three years and when he did return, the colonists had disappeared---never to be found. The name of a native Algonquin Indian tribe, the Croatans was carved on a fence post as the only possible clue to the whereabouts of the lost colony.
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| Roanake Marshes Lighthouse |
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