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WRIGHT BROTHERS FIGURES

GENUINE WRIGHT BROTHERS COIN

2003 MAN IN FLIGHT COIN

JEWELRY
MODERN AIRPLANE CHARMS
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AVIATION JEWELRY

CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS
FIRST FLIGHT
HAND BLOWN GLASS

100 YEARS OF FLIGHT T-SHIRTS

COLLECTABLE POCKET KNIVES

HOUSE BANNER (FLAG)

GENERAL FLYER GIFTS

KITTY HAWK COMMEMORATIVES

AIRCRAFT OF WWII COINS

AVIATION PHONEY MONEY

Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Aviation
The Officially Licensed Wright Brothers Collection

All Shirts Are Heavyweight 100% Preshrunk Cotton

Dream Machine T-Shirt

100% cotton t-shirt. Tan colored. Back printed and 100 year logo on front left chest.

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Dream Machine T-Shirt

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First Flight T-Shirt

100% cotton t-shirt. (Harbor) Blue colored. Front printed.

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First Flight T-Shirt

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Black & White Wright Plane Logo T-Shirt

100% cotton t-shirt. Black colored. Back printed and 100 year logo on front left chest.

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Black & White Wright Plane T-Shirt

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Flying Machine T-Shirt

100% cotton t-shirt. (Slate) Blue colored. Front printed.

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Flying Machine T-Shirt

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Pilot's License T-Shirt

100% cotton t-shirt. White colored. Front printed.

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Pilot's License T-Shirt

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Twelve Seconds T-Shirt

100% cotton t-shirt. White colored. Front printed.

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Twelve Seconds T-Shirt

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100 Years of Aviation T-Shirt

100% cotton t-shirt. White colored. Back printed and 100 year logo on front left chest.

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100 Years of Aviation T-Shirt

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100 Year Back Logo T-Shirt

100% cotton t-shirt. Black colored. Back printed and 100 year logo on front left chest.

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100 Year Back Logo T-Shirt

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In August of 1900, Wilbur built his first glider. He then contacted the U.S. Weather Bureau for information on windy regions of the country. Reviewing the list, he chose a remote sandy area off the coast of North Carolina named Kitty Hawk, where winds averaged 13 m.p.h. He and Orville then journeyed to Kitty Hawk where they tested the 1900 glider. The following year, they tested a new and improved glider with a 22-foot wingspan. A disappointing performance by the 1901 glider prompted the Wright brothers to construct a wind tunnel to test the effectiveness of a variety of wing shapes. Using the results of the wind tunnel experiments, they constructed their 1902 glider. Testing it at Kitty Hawk in October, they met with success, gliding a record 620 feet. Once again they returned to Dayton and began work on developing a propeller and an engine for their next effort, a flying machine.

Having designed a propeller with the same principles thy used to design their wings, Wilbur and Orville then built their own 4-cylinder, 12-horsepower engine. They built the 1903 Flyer in sections in the back room of their cycle shop at 1127 West Third in Dayton. When completed, it was shipped down to Kitty Hawk and assembled. On December 14, 1903, Wilbur won a coin toss and made the first attempt to fly the machine. He stalled it on take-off, causing some minor damage. The plane was repaired, and Orville made the next attempt on December 17. At 10:35 a.m., he made the first heavier-than-air, machine powered flight in the world. In a flight lasting only 12 seconds and covering just 120 feet, Orville did what men and women had only dreamed of doing for centuries, . . . he flew.