A Moment of Bob - The Story of the Wright Brothers

Here's a brief interview with Bob Frissora as he tells the tale of the Wright brothers and their invention of the first successful airplane and its launch from Kitty-hawk.

"The Wright brothers flew their first plane
in December of 1903
and they made four flights
at this tiny little airstrip.
Those monuments there
depict how far they went for each one
They came in from the hill there
The plane made only four flights,
the original, 1903 plane
the fourth plane got damaged, a little bit
So they went to the Post Office to report it
To their friends back in Ohio
at which time the winds were severe enough
to lift the plane up, cause it was unteathered
and destroyed it.
That plane was eventually fixed and repaired in 1912
by the remaining brother, Wilbur, After Orville died, at an early age of 45
and now stands in the Smithsonian.
"

by Steven C. Frissora 2012