North Carolina Business Blog » Airplane Flight http://www.greatnorthcarolina.com/blog Thu, 06 Oct 2011 02:58:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 North Carolina: First in Flight http://www.greatnorthcarolina.com/blog/north-carolina-first-in-flight/ http://www.greatnorthcarolina.com/blog/north-carolina-first-in-flight/#comments Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:49:33 +0000 Enrique Torres http://www.greatnorthcarolina.com/blog/?p=14 North Carolina is the state where the Wright brothers took their first famous airplane flight. Though Orville and Wilbur Wright lived in Ohio, they decided to take their flight trials down south in the sandy hills of a small town called Kitty Hawk which is located on the chain of Barrier Islands known as the Outer Banks. Orville and Wilbur Wright owned a bicycle shop in the town of Dayton, Ohio when they got the brainwave to develop a flying machine. They worked on it despite many odds and made many designs before coming up with the famous “Wright Flyer” This was made of wood and metal with canvas stretching across the wings. The pilot had to lay flat on his stomach to steer the controls and fly the plane.

On December 17th, 1903 the Wright brothers made history when their Flyer took off into the air. Orville piloted the first ever flight after a quick coin toss. He climbed into the controls and took off at 10:35 in the morning. The plane soared into the North Carolina sky for a whole 12 seconds and covered a distance of 120 feet long. But that was the beginning of a new age giving a new meaning to speed. The brothers made three more flights after their maiden flight. Wilbur took credit for the longest flight, he flew for 59 minutes and covered 852 feet. The State of Carolina witnessed this historic feet on a cold December day. A monument was constructed on top of a hill called Devil Hill, North Carolina to honor this miraculous feet of engineering and the willpower of man.

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