The First Successful Flight of an Airplane

was made from this spot by

Orville Wright

December 17, 1903, in a machine designed and built by

Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright

This tablet was erected by the

National Aeronautic Association

of the U.S.A. December 17, 1928

to commemmorate the twenty-fifth

anniversary of this event

Marker can be reached from Wright Brothers National Monument Road.

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