Orville Wright makes one of several power flights, Dec. 17, 1903, first in world history – Historic Reproduction
![Orville Wright makes one of several power flights, Dec. 17, 1903, first in world history, [between 1907 and 1915, from photo taken in 1903] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/85/854f52bdd475-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Orville Wright makes one of several power flights, Dec. 17, 1903, first in world history
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Orville Wright is shown at the controls of the Wright Flyer during one of the power flights at Kill Devil Hills, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17, 1903. This copy print was made by the U.S. Army Air Service from a photograph taken that year, and it records the moment the Wright brothers' aircraft lifted under its own engine power and flew with a pilot aboard. The flight was short, but it was the first controlled, sustained powered flight by a heavier-than-air machine, and the image is one of the best surviving records of that morning on the dunes.
| Created / published | [between 1907 and 1915, from photo taken in 1903] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. |
| Genre | Gelatin silver prints 1900-1920. |
| Notes | Copy photograph made by U.S. Army Air Service. |
| Subjects | Wright, Orville,--1871-1948. Wright, Wilbur,--1867-1912. Airplanes--North Carolina--Kitty Hawk--1900-1910. Firsts--North Carolina--Kitty Hawk--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,662 × 3,747 px · prints to 16 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221628 |
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