![[Detail] First flight, 120 feet in 12 seconds, 10:35 a.m.; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.](../images/header_flight.jpg)
[Detail] First flight; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina 
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Specific artifacts (images, manuscripts, maps, sound files) with analysis tools help students think like historians about a particular historical event or phenomenon.
The Inventive Wright Brothers
Wilbur and Orville Wright went from repairing bicycles to inventing the airplane. Photographs, newspapers articles, personal letters and telegrams, and official army documents record their experiences and their experiments.
Last Updated: 06/26/2009