Pilot Kevin Kochersberger answers question after his two attempts to fly the Experimental Aviation Association's (EAA) 1903 Wright flyer reproduction, to reenact the "12 seconds that changed the world" during the Centennial of Flight celebration in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina (NC), December 17, 2003. Despite two attempts between storm fronts the EAA crew was only able to get their 1903 Wright flyer reproduction about six inches off its rail before crashing at the end before a crowd of some 34,000 aviation enthusiasts

Pilot Kevin Kochersberger rides the Experimental Aviation Association's (EAA) 1903 Wright flyer reproduction down the 180 foot rail in his first attempt to reenact the "12 seconds that changed the world" during the Centennial of Flight celebration at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina (NC), December 17, 2003. The prevailing winds that brought the brothers to Kitty Hawk for their flight experiments weren't on hand at the Centennial of flight celebration. Despite two attempts between storm fronts the EAA crew was only able to get their 1903 Wright flyer reproduction about six inches off its rail before crashing at the end before a crowd of some 34,000 aviation enthusiasts

A crowd of some 34,000 aviation enthusiasts braved hours of bitter cold and drenching rains at the Wright Brother's National memorial hoping to witness the 100th anniversary reenactment of the "12 seconds that changed the world" at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina (NC), on December 17, 2003. Members of the Experimental Aviation Association (EAA) ma two attempts to repeat the historic event when at 10:35 one hundred years before, Orville and Wilbur Wright, from Ohio, first achieved power flight in a heavier than air aeroplane they signed and built in their bicycle shop. The prevailing winds that brought the brothers to Kitty Hawk weren't on hand at the Centennial of flight celebration, and...

Airplanes - Historical - Wright Brothers' 1903 Aeroplane ("Kitty Hawk") in first flight, December 17, 1903 at Kitty Hawk, N.C. Orville Wright at controls. Wilbur Wright standing at right. (First flight was 12 seconds). Copy of photo given by Orville Wright

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Pilot Kevin Kochersberger answers question after his two attempts to fly the Experimental Aviation Association's (EAA) 1903 Wright flyer reproduction, to reenact the "12 seconds that changed the world" during the Centennial of Flight celebration in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina (NC), December 17, 2003. Despite two attempts between storm fronts the EAA crew was only able to get their 1903 Wright flyer reproduction about six inches off its rail before crashing at the end before a crowd of some 34,000 aviation enthusiasts

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Kitty Hawk

State: North Carolina (NC)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Jim Varhegyi, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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1903

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The U.S. National Archives

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