On December 17, 1903, at 10:35 a.m., the Wright Flyer lifted off the ground for the first time. Orville was at the controls  and Wilbur ran alongside. Photo courtesy of The Library of Congress.	The telegram Orville sent home to his father and sister after their first day of successful flight. Dated December 17, 1903. Photo courtesy of The Library of Congress.	Wilbur Wright (1902). Photo courtesy of The Library of Congress.
Orville Wright (1908). Photo courtesy of The Library of Congress.	Crew of the U.S. Life Saving Service at Kitty Hawk lifeboat station (October 1900). Photo courtesy of The Library of Congress.	The Wright brothers testing their 1901 glider as a kite. Photo courtesy of The Library of Congress.
The Wright family home in Dayton, Ohio. Photo courtesy of The Library of Congress.	Ken Hyde, president of The Wright Experience, who EAA commissioned to build the reproduction, looks over the 1903 Wright Flyer reproduction during construction in his workshop.	Larry Parks of The Wright Experience hand-shapes the propeller that will be used on EAA’s 1903 Wright Flyer reproduction.