{"id":6812,"date":"2016-09-30T15:10:06","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T13:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/?page_id=6812"},"modified":"2025-01-31T18:03:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T16:03:27","slug":"wright-brothers-national-memorial","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wright-brothers-national-memorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Wright Brothers National Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Wright Brothers National Memorial<\/strong>, located in <strong>Kill Devil Hills<\/strong>, <strong>North Carolina<\/strong>, commemorates the first successful, sustained, powered flights by <strong>Wilbur<\/strong> and <strong>Orville<\/strong> <strong>Wright<\/strong> on <strong>December 17, 1903<\/strong>. The site features a monument honoring their achievement, as well as paths outlining the routes of their initial flights near a reproduction hangar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wright Brothers National Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"section-info-text\">N Croatan Highway<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"section-info-text\">Kill Devil Hills<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"section-info-text\">North Carolina 27948<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/north-america-2\/\">USA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/wrbr\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.nps.gov\/wrbr\/index.htm<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:caha_public_affairs@nps.gov\">caha_public_affairs@nps.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">+1 (252) 473-2111<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Daily 09:00 &#8211; 17:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Closed Christmas Day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Admission fee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gift shop<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/facebook.jpg\" alt=\"facebook\" class=\"wp-image-922\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wright Brothers National Memorial is located&nbsp;at mile post 7.5 on U.S. Highway 158, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d826127.6346417129!2d-76.21185823673757!3d36.01880200000002!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x0%3A0xfb696e1a15347b2b!2sWright+Brothers+National+Memorial!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1475240766447\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aircraft collection<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wright-brothers-national-memorial\/olympus-digital-camera-12\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6813\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Wright-Brothers-National-Memorial-Kill-Devil-Hills-North-Carolina.jpg\" alt=\"Wright Brothers National Memorial Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina\" class=\"wp-image-6813\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>&#8211;<p><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p><\/td><td>Wright Glider 1902<p><\/p>\n<p>Wright Flyer 1903<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"txt\">There are 2 replicas on display. A 1902 glider built in 1934 under the direction of Orville Wright, and a very authentic looking 1903 Flyer. The museum normally displays a replica of the wind tunnel, as well as several artifacts from the Wrights&#8217; shop<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Visitors can explore a variety of exhibits that detail the Wright brothers&#8217; journey, including the environment of the early 1900s Outer Banks, the development of Wright aircraft replicas, and displays donated by NASA highlighting the future of aviation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wright Brothers National Memorial, located in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, commemorates the first successful, sustained, powered flights by Wilbur and Orville Wright on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6812","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6812"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32634,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6812\/revisions\/32634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}