Last updated: August 3, 2021
Place
15 - Among Friends
NPS
WAYSIDE TITLE: Among Friends
WAYSIDE LAYOUT: Landscape-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.” There is text across the top third of the panel and the wayside background is a photograph of the First Flight sculpture with callouts describing the statues surrounding the flyer.
VIEW FROM WAYSIDE: This wayside overlooks the back of the first flight sculpture, which is positioned on a sandy surface and surrounded by green grass. From here, the sculptures of the 5 witnesses can be seen. From left to right the sculptures closest to this spot are Johnny Moore, Adam Etheridge, W.C. Brinkley, Willis Dough, and John T. Daniels (standing next to a sculpture of a camera). In the near distance, closer to the flyer are Orville Wright (on the flyer) and Wilbur Wright (next to the flyer).
TEXT: Among Friends. Resourcefulness, tireless work ethic, dedication, and importance of family – these words describe both the Wright Brothers and Outer Banks residents. Through these shared traits, the Wrights and their Outer Banks neighbors developed mutual respect and lifelong friendships.They worked and dined together, socialized, and even discussed flight theories. When the Wrights achieved flight, their friends were there to lend a hand and witness history. The descendants of the first-flight witnesses still live in the Outer Banks and are active in the First Flight Society, the long-time park partner.
DESCRIPTION: A colored photograph fills the panel. The view is from behind the flyer in the sculpture. From left to right, the statues surrounding the sculpture are Johnny Moore, Adam Etheridge, W.C. Brinkley, Willis Dough, Orville Wright (on the flyer), John T. Daniels (Standing behind a camera), and Wilbur Wright. In front of John Daniels is a small bench, where the flyer’s wing rested before taking flight.
TEXT FROM LEFT TO RIGHT:
Johnny Moore. A sixteen-year-old boy who lived his whole life on the Outer Banks as a hunting and fishing guide.
Adam Etheridge. A member of the US Life-Saving Service at Kill Devil Hills. He became a life-long friend of the Wright Brothers and took care of their camp buildings when they left Kitty Hawk in 1903.
W.C. Brinkley. A lumberman from Manteo. He happened to be at the Kill Devil Hills US Life-Saving Station when the Wright Brothers signaled the crew to come over and assist with the flyer.
Willis Dough. A member of the US Life-Saving Service at Kill Devil Hills. He witnessed and assisted the Wright Brothers in their later 1908 flights when they returned to Kitty Hawk for the last time together.
Orville Wright. Orville piloted the first flight on December 17, 1903: 12 seconds, 120 feet.
John T. Daniels. A member of the US Life-Saving Service at Kill Devil Hills, he took the famous photograph of the Wright Brothers’ first flight.
Wilbur Wright. Wilbur steadied the wing, then let go as the flyer lifted off.
WAYSIDE LAYOUT: Landscape-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.” There is text across the top third of the panel and the wayside background is a photograph of the First Flight sculpture with callouts describing the statues surrounding the flyer.
VIEW FROM WAYSIDE: This wayside overlooks the back of the first flight sculpture, which is positioned on a sandy surface and surrounded by green grass. From here, the sculptures of the 5 witnesses can be seen. From left to right the sculptures closest to this spot are Johnny Moore, Adam Etheridge, W.C. Brinkley, Willis Dough, and John T. Daniels (standing next to a sculpture of a camera). In the near distance, closer to the flyer are Orville Wright (on the flyer) and Wilbur Wright (next to the flyer).
TEXT: Among Friends. Resourcefulness, tireless work ethic, dedication, and importance of family – these words describe both the Wright Brothers and Outer Banks residents. Through these shared traits, the Wrights and their Outer Banks neighbors developed mutual respect and lifelong friendships.They worked and dined together, socialized, and even discussed flight theories. When the Wrights achieved flight, their friends were there to lend a hand and witness history. The descendants of the first-flight witnesses still live in the Outer Banks and are active in the First Flight Society, the long-time park partner.
DESCRIPTION: A colored photograph fills the panel. The view is from behind the flyer in the sculpture. From left to right, the statues surrounding the sculpture are Johnny Moore, Adam Etheridge, W.C. Brinkley, Willis Dough, Orville Wright (on the flyer), John T. Daniels (Standing behind a camera), and Wilbur Wright. In front of John Daniels is a small bench, where the flyer’s wing rested before taking flight.
TEXT FROM LEFT TO RIGHT:
Johnny Moore. A sixteen-year-old boy who lived his whole life on the Outer Banks as a hunting and fishing guide.
Adam Etheridge. A member of the US Life-Saving Service at Kill Devil Hills. He became a life-long friend of the Wright Brothers and took care of their camp buildings when they left Kitty Hawk in 1903.
W.C. Brinkley. A lumberman from Manteo. He happened to be at the Kill Devil Hills US Life-Saving Station when the Wright Brothers signaled the crew to come over and assist with the flyer.
Willis Dough. A member of the US Life-Saving Service at Kill Devil Hills. He witnessed and assisted the Wright Brothers in their later 1908 flights when they returned to Kitty Hawk for the last time together.
Orville Wright. Orville piloted the first flight on December 17, 1903: 12 seconds, 120 feet.
John T. Daniels. A member of the US Life-Saving Service at Kill Devil Hills, he took the famous photograph of the Wright Brothers’ first flight.
Wilbur Wright. Wilbur steadied the wing, then let go as the flyer lifted off.