Roy Cross. Wright Flyer. Invented by Orville and Wilbur Wright. Made the first sustained flight by a manned heavier-than-air powered and controlled aircraft, 17.12.1903. From a card set called Histroy of Aviation Brooke Bond, 1973. #RoyCross #aviation #OrvilleWright #WilburWright #BrookeBond
“The exhilaration of flying is too keen, the pleasure too great, for it to be neglected as a sport.”
✈ #Aviation pioneer #OrvilleWright passed away #OTD 30 January 1948.
17 dicembre 1903
The first successful flight
Kitty Hawk
Orville and Wilbur Wright
#17dicembre1903
#kittyhawk
#OrvilleWright
#WilburWright
#firstflight
🪶 #OTD in #History 17 December 1903, the #WrightBrothers made the first sustained motorized aircraft flight at 10:35 AM. The plane was flown by #OrvilleWright, while his brother #WilburWright ran beside (see pic), at #KittyHawk, North Carolina.
Tal día como hoy de 1871 nacía Orville Wright, pionero de la aviación que, junto con su hermano Wilbur, protagonizará en 1903 el primer vuelo con motor de la historia.
#wrightbrothers #wilburwright #orvillewright #aviación #historiadelaaviación #historiacontemporánea #historiae
“If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance.”
✈ #Aviation pioneer #OrvilleWright was #BOTD 19 August 1871.
Fittingly, his birthday is also #NationalAviationDay. I wish a great day to all sky-reachers!
Tal día como hoy de 1867 nacía Wilbur Wright, quien, junto a su hermano Orville, fueron pioneros de la aviación a principios del siglo XX.
#wilburwright #orvillewright #hermanoswright #historiadelaaviación #historiacontemporánea #historiae
“The exhilaration of flying is too keen, the pleasure too great, for it to be neglected as a sport.”
✈ #Aviation pioneer #OrvilleWright passed away #OTD 30 January 1948.
17 dicembre 1903
The first successful flight
Kitty Hawk
Orville and Wilbur Wright
#17dicembre1903
#kittyhawk
#OrvilleWright
#WilburWright
#firstflight
#December17, 1903: #OrvilleWright #WilburWright made the first successful man-powered airplane flight, near #KittyHawk, #NC
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🪶 #OTD in #History 17 December 1903, the #WrightBrothers made the first sustained motorized aircraft flight at 10:35 AM. The plane was flown by #OrvilleWright, while his brother #WilburWright ran beside (see pic), at #KittyHawk, North Carolina.
