• Wright Brothers National Memorial

    Wright Brothers

    National Memorial North Carolina

News

The National Park Service makes every effort to keep the public informed about news events, accomplishments, employee recognitions, special and re-occurring events which happen within and around the units of the Park Service.

The National Park Service and Eastern National publish In The Park park newspaper, which provides visit planning information and contains articles on various resource-related topics. Copies of In The Park are available at the park's visitor center.

Wright Brothers provides news releases to local and regional newspapers; current and past news releases can also be found on the park website.

For all press inquiries, call the park's Public Information Officer at (252) 473-2111 or by e-mail.

Did You Know?

The glider with Big Kill Devil Hill in 1902

In 1902, the Wrights made 250 glides in just two days and tallied more than 1,000 glides in one month.  From the hills, they perfected the art of soaring and control of the aircraft.