Historydraft LogoHistorydraft Logo
Historydraft
beta
Historydraft Logo
Historydraft
beta

The Wright brothers - First powered flight attempt

Time: Dec, 1903

Place: Kill Devil Hills ,Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, U.S.

Details: In camp at Kill Devil Hills, they endured weeks of delays caused by broken propeller shafts during engine tests. After the shafts were replaced (requiring two trips back to Dayton), Wilbur won a coin toss and made a three-second flight attempt on December 14, 1903, stalling after takeoff and causing minor damage to the Flyer.

Related

Near

Oliver Wright and Wilbur Wright Image
The Wright brothers-First tests
Wednesday Oct 3, 1900 - Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, U.S.
Oliver Wright and Wilbur Wright Image
The Wright brothers-To Kitty Hawk
1900 - Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, U.S.
Oliver Wright and Wilbur Wright Image
The Wright brothers-Wrights finally took to the air
Thursday Dec 17, 1903 at 10:35:00 AM - Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, U.S.
Oliver Wright and Wilbur Wright Image
The Wright brothers-Tries
Friday Sep 19, 1902 - Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, U.S.
Oliver Wright and Wilbur Wright Image
The Wright brothers-A Major Milestone
Wednesday Oct 8, 1902 - Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, U.S.

December 1903

Marie Curie
Marie Curie-The First Woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize
Thursday Dec 10, 1903 - Stockholm, Sweden
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill-Oldham Conservative Association informed him that it would not support his candidature at the next general election
Dec, 1903 - England, United Kingdom
Oliver Wright and Wilbur Wright Image
The Wright brothers-Wrights finally took to the air
Thursday Dec 17, 1903 at 10:35:00 AM - Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, U.S.

1903

Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein-Marriage
Jan, 1903 - Bern, Switzerland
Franklin Roosevelt Image
Franklin D. Roosevelt-Graduated
1903 - Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
(1905 Russian Revolution) A train overturned by striking workers at the main railway depot in Tiflis
1905 Russian Revolution-Union of Zemstvo Constitutionalists
1903 - Russian Empire
(1905 Russian Revolution) A train overturned by striking workers at the main railway depot in Tiflis
1905 Russian Revolution-Payments of taxes
1903 - Russian Empire
New York Stock Exchange
New York Stock Exchange-New York Stock Exchange Building
1903 - New York City, New York, U.S.
<