Photographs and Movies about the Invention of the Airplane

Movies

• Launch and Flyby of Signal Corps Machine (1.74 MB)
• Wilbur shows Europe how to fly. (4.3 MB)
• Wilbur Sets Altitude Record! (635 KB)
• Take a flight with Wilbur! (2.6 MB) OR a 320x240 version of the same clip (5.6 MB)
• The 14-Bis takes flight. (1.0 MB)
• Farman takes a passenger for a ride. (1.3 MB)
• The Voisin-Archdeacon Float-glider gets a tow. (1.8 MB)
• The Voisin-Blériot Float-glider is less successful. (0.9 MB)
• Santos-Dumont's Demoiselle takes to the air! (2.3 MB)
• Former President Theodore Roosevelt takes his first flight (3.8 MB)

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Photo Galleries

• Wind And Sand the Wrights at Kitty Hawk.
• Flights of Fancy.
• The Library of Congress Wright brothers photographs

We gratefully acknowledge the contributions of the National Air and Space Museum, and its film curator, Mark Taylor, for the video footage used in this site.