Kitty Hawk is famous for being the location where the Wright brothers, Orville (1871 - 1948) and Wilbur (1867 - 1912) changed history by becoming the first people to have controlled, sustained flights in a power-driven aircraft. On 17 Dec 1903 they made a series of four flights, with the first one piloted by Orville and lasting only 12 seconds and covering 120ft up to the forth flight by Wilbur, lasting 59sec and covering 852ft.

The brothers developed their aircraft and ideas for aircraft design in their bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio and then went to Kitty Hawk to test these designs due to favourable on-shore breezes and steep hills.

The spot where the four flights were made from in 1903	The first flight landing marker and the subsequent landing markers from 1903	Carol at the forth flight landing spot	Wright brothers monument at the top of Kill Devil Hill, Kitty Hawk
Looking back down on the flight locations from Kill Devil Hill		Replica of the first flight event - opened 2003 on the 100 year anniversary