Last updated: August 3, 2021
Place
10 – Airport Kiosk/Pilot Booth
NPS
WAYSIDE TITLE: Welcome to Wright Brothers National Memorial.
WAYSIDE LAYOUT: Vertically oriented rectangular panel featuring a black band across the top. The black band has text that reads, “Wright Brothers National Memorial” and “National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior.” This panel features a map of the memorial with callouts for points of interest. There is a main body of text at the top left and on the right side is a text box with information about the airport.
VIEW FROM WAYSIDE: Directly behind and to the left of this wayside is the pilot’s facility. There is a wooden ramp/stair set directly to the left. Directly to the right, about 20 feet is a wooden fence surrounding the parking area of the airstrip. Oftentimes, there are small private planes parked in this area.
TEXT: Wind, sand, and a dream of flight brought Wilbur and Orville Wright to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Here, after four years of experimentation, they achieved the first successful controlled airplane flights on December 17, 1903. With courage and perseverance, relying on teamwork and the scientific process, what they achieved changed our world forever.
TEXT BOX: Pilot’s Booth. Operating Hours. The unattended airstrip is open 3 minutes before sunrise and closes 30 minutes after sunset.Pilot Booth. Access by using “Squawk VFR.”Parking. Aircraft may freely park in the tie-down area for 24 consecutive hours or 48 total hours over any 30 period.Fuel. There is no fuel. The closes airport with fuel is Dare County Regional Airport (MQI).
MAP: The background of the panel is a map of the Wright Brothers National Memorial. The map is oriented with north being at the top. The Atlantic Ocean is on the right side. The map shows a road coming from the visitor center in the north part of the park leading to a loop around the hill where the monument is located. There are red lines on the map marking the walking paths from the visitor center, south to the monument and up the hill from the loop road. The map has callouts for 8 points of interest with text and a photo. The callouts start in the northern part of the park, nearest to the visitor center, and move south along a path towards the monument and pilot’s facility where you are currently standing. The callouts end in the southern part of the park at the sculpture.
POINT OF INTEREST #1: A color photograph of a granite marker with a 4 etched on the side and text etch on the top.
TEXT: Flight Markers. Visit the landing points of the first controlled, sustained, powered flights.
POINT OF INTEREST #2: A colored photograph of a building with orange framed windows. The building is boxy in shape and has a second tier that looks like an aircraft control tower.
TEXT: Visitor Center. Explore the Wright brothers’ story and see a reproduction of their 1903 Flyer.
POINT OF INTEREST #3: A colored photograph of a large boulder with a plaque positioned on it.
TEXT: First Flight Boulder. Stand at the liftoff point of the first flights.
POINT OF INTEREST #4: Colored photograph of two wooden structures with a walkway in front of them. The building on the left has its front wall propped open like a hangar or garage.
TEXT: See how the brothers lived and worked here in 1903.
POINT OF INTEREST #5: Colored photograph of the propeller of a small white airplane.
TEXT: First Flight Airstrip. Watch aircraft land and takeoff at the 3,000-feet-long airstrip.
POINT OF INTEREST #6: Colored photograph of a large granite monument. There are visitors walking around the base of the monument and they look extremely small next to the tall monument.
TEXT: Wright Brothers Monument. View the nation’s monument commemorating the Wright brothers.
POINT OF INTEREST #7: Colored landscape photograph of the green grass covered hill with the monument sitting on top.
TEXT: Big Kill Devil Hill. Climb this hill to stand where the Wright Brothers flew their gliders.
POINT OF INTEREST #8: A colored photograph of a sculpture replica of the 1903 flyer with a statue of a man who is bent behind a camera taking a photograph.
TEXT: December 17, 1903 Sculpture. Place yourself within a scene of the first flight.
WAYSIDE LAYOUT: Vertically oriented rectangular panel featuring a black band across the top. The black band has text that reads, “Wright Brothers National Memorial” and “National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior.” This panel features a map of the memorial with callouts for points of interest. There is a main body of text at the top left and on the right side is a text box with information about the airport.
VIEW FROM WAYSIDE: Directly behind and to the left of this wayside is the pilot’s facility. There is a wooden ramp/stair set directly to the left. Directly to the right, about 20 feet is a wooden fence surrounding the parking area of the airstrip. Oftentimes, there are small private planes parked in this area.
TEXT: Wind, sand, and a dream of flight brought Wilbur and Orville Wright to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Here, after four years of experimentation, they achieved the first successful controlled airplane flights on December 17, 1903. With courage and perseverance, relying on teamwork and the scientific process, what they achieved changed our world forever.
TEXT BOX: Pilot’s Booth. Operating Hours. The unattended airstrip is open 3 minutes before sunrise and closes 30 minutes after sunset.Pilot Booth. Access by using “Squawk VFR.”Parking. Aircraft may freely park in the tie-down area for 24 consecutive hours or 48 total hours over any 30 period.Fuel. There is no fuel. The closes airport with fuel is Dare County Regional Airport (MQI).
MAP: The background of the panel is a map of the Wright Brothers National Memorial. The map is oriented with north being at the top. The Atlantic Ocean is on the right side. The map shows a road coming from the visitor center in the north part of the park leading to a loop around the hill where the monument is located. There are red lines on the map marking the walking paths from the visitor center, south to the monument and up the hill from the loop road. The map has callouts for 8 points of interest with text and a photo. The callouts start in the northern part of the park, nearest to the visitor center, and move south along a path towards the monument and pilot’s facility where you are currently standing. The callouts end in the southern part of the park at the sculpture.
POINT OF INTEREST #1: A color photograph of a granite marker with a 4 etched on the side and text etch on the top.
TEXT: Flight Markers. Visit the landing points of the first controlled, sustained, powered flights.
POINT OF INTEREST #2: A colored photograph of a building with orange framed windows. The building is boxy in shape and has a second tier that looks like an aircraft control tower.
TEXT: Visitor Center. Explore the Wright brothers’ story and see a reproduction of their 1903 Flyer.
POINT OF INTEREST #3: A colored photograph of a large boulder with a plaque positioned on it.
TEXT: First Flight Boulder. Stand at the liftoff point of the first flights.
POINT OF INTEREST #4: Colored photograph of two wooden structures with a walkway in front of them. The building on the left has its front wall propped open like a hangar or garage.
TEXT: See how the brothers lived and worked here in 1903.
POINT OF INTEREST #5: Colored photograph of the propeller of a small white airplane.
TEXT: First Flight Airstrip. Watch aircraft land and takeoff at the 3,000-feet-long airstrip.
POINT OF INTEREST #6: Colored photograph of a large granite monument. There are visitors walking around the base of the monument and they look extremely small next to the tall monument.
TEXT: Wright Brothers Monument. View the nation’s monument commemorating the Wright brothers.
POINT OF INTEREST #7: Colored landscape photograph of the green grass covered hill with the monument sitting on top.
TEXT: Big Kill Devil Hill. Climb this hill to stand where the Wright Brothers flew their gliders.
POINT OF INTEREST #8: A colored photograph of a sculpture replica of the 1903 flyer with a statue of a man who is bent behind a camera taking a photograph.
TEXT: December 17, 1903 Sculpture. Place yourself within a scene of the first flight.