Today
was a road trip to the famous North Carolina Outer Banks – including Kitty Hawk, Kill
Devil Hills, Nags Head. First stop was a
tour of the Wright Brothers National Memorial (which is actually in Kill Devil
Hills). A huge monument sits on top of a
hill overlooking the area of the first flight.
There is a marker indicating the spot where the first flight left the ground
plus markers indicating the distance traveled for each of the four flights (120
feet, 175 feet, 200 feet, and 852 feet).
The longest flight lasted 59 seconds.
There was also a camp consisting of two buildings – the hangar used to
construct the plane and the living quarters. After that, we drove through Nags Head and
stopped to walk over the large sand dunes to the Atlantic Ocean. It was a beautiful, sunny day
today and we had a great time seeing the area.
On the way back we stopped by the marina at Alligator River where we had stayed last week and
visited with the two Looper boats there (Aunt Aggie and Gypsea).
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| Wright Brothers Monument |
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| View from the monument - the flight path and camp are in the background |
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| Mock-up of original plane - showing men who helped with the flight |
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| Mock-up of original plane - men who helped with the flight |
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| View of their living quarters
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| View of the monument |
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| Granit stone marking where first flight left the ground |
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| Marker signifying first flight - the white stones in the background mark the distance of each flight |
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| Large sand dunes on the Outer Banks |
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| The Atlantic Ocean |
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