Last updated: August 2, 2021
Place
3 - Four Powered Flights
NPS
WAYSIDE TITLE: Four Powered Flights.
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.” The panel features a column on the right side with text and a photograph below it. Spanning the width of the panel, at the bottom, is a graphic depiction of the first four flights, their times and the distances they traveled.
VIEW FROM WAYSIDE: In front of you is a flat, grassy area. The entire first flight line, with markers, can be seen from this spot. Looking towards the left is the large first flight boulder. Straight ahead are the markers for the first 3 flights, spaced relatively close to one another. Looking towards the right, in the far distance, is the 4th and last flight marker.
TEXT: The Wright Brothers made four successful sustained powered flights the morning of December 17, 1903. The commemorative granite boulder and replica monorail mark the lift-off point of those four flights, the numbered markers the terminating point.Since soft sand prohibited launching with conventional wheels, the Wright Flyer was place on a 60-foot monorail with its landing skits resting on a wheeled truck. Once the engine started, the Flyer was released and slid down the rail until it gained enough speed to lift into the air.
DESCRIPTION: A black and white photograph showing the 1903 Flyer in preparation for flight on the launching rail. In this image, the full flyer can be seen, and a man dressed in a suit and wearing a hat is standing at the front of the flyer.
GRAPHIC IMAGE: This graphic shows each flight and its path with different types of lines with small rises and falls in elevation. The path for the first flight is small dots and shows the flight lasting 12 seconds and traveling 120 feet. The path for the second flight is a small dashed line showing the flight lasting 12 seconds and traveling 175 feet. The third flight path is a longer dashed line showing the flight lasting 15 seconds and traveling 200 feet. The fourth flight path is a heavier, longer dashed line showing the flight lasting 59 seconds and traveling 852 feet.
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.” The panel features a column on the right side with text and a photograph below it. Spanning the width of the panel, at the bottom, is a graphic depiction of the first four flights, their times and the distances they traveled.
VIEW FROM WAYSIDE: In front of you is a flat, grassy area. The entire first flight line, with markers, can be seen from this spot. Looking towards the left is the large first flight boulder. Straight ahead are the markers for the first 3 flights, spaced relatively close to one another. Looking towards the right, in the far distance, is the 4th and last flight marker.
TEXT: The Wright Brothers made four successful sustained powered flights the morning of December 17, 1903. The commemorative granite boulder and replica monorail mark the lift-off point of those four flights, the numbered markers the terminating point.Since soft sand prohibited launching with conventional wheels, the Wright Flyer was place on a 60-foot monorail with its landing skits resting on a wheeled truck. Once the engine started, the Flyer was released and slid down the rail until it gained enough speed to lift into the air.
DESCRIPTION: A black and white photograph showing the 1903 Flyer in preparation for flight on the launching rail. In this image, the full flyer can be seen, and a man dressed in a suit and wearing a hat is standing at the front of the flyer.
GRAPHIC IMAGE: This graphic shows each flight and its path with different types of lines with small rises and falls in elevation. The path for the first flight is small dots and shows the flight lasting 12 seconds and traveling 120 feet. The path for the second flight is a small dashed line showing the flight lasting 12 seconds and traveling 175 feet. The third flight path is a longer dashed line showing the flight lasting 15 seconds and traveling 200 feet. The fourth flight path is a heavier, longer dashed line showing the flight lasting 59 seconds and traveling 852 feet.