Four Powered Flights

Four Powered Flights (HM6A2)

Location: Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948 Dare County
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Country: United States of America
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N 36° 1.212', W 75° 40.091'

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The Wright brothers made four successful sustained powered flights the morning of December 17, 1903. The commemorative granite boulder and replica monorail mark the lift-off point of those four flights, the numbered markers the terminating point.

Since soft sand prohibited launching with conventional wheels, the Wright Flyer was placed on a 60-foot monorail with its landing skids resting on a wheeled truck.

Once the engine started, the Flyer was released and slid down the rail until it gained enough speed to lift into the air.
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HM NumberHM6A2
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Placed ByU.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Wright Brothers National Memorial
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Thursday, October 2nd, 2014 at 12:07pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 439793 N 3986395
Decimal Degrees36.02020000, -75.66818333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 36° 1.212', W 75° 40.091'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds36° 1' 12.72" N, 75° 40' 5.46" W
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Area Code(s)252
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1495-1511 Wright Memorial, Kill Devil Hills NC 27948, US
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