Moving - Kittyhawk, North Carolina

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We've included here a brief history of Kittyhawk, NC.

A Brief History of Kittyhawk, North Carolina

Upon their successful controlled flight at Kittyhawk, North Carolina, on December 17, 1903, the Wright Brothers perfected a practical "aeroplane" and with it, discovered the secrets of flight. Over the next several years, as they continued to develop their Flyer, the Wrights also found themselves having to define the meaning and significance of their achievement. From 1904 to 1908, confronted with public doubt and private competition, they faced the difficult and arduous task of marketing and protecting their invention, while promoting its social, political, and commercial implications. Rejection was commonplace. They were turned down by the U.S. Army twice. They journeyed to Europe and found the politics there worse than in the States, and their efforts collapsed. The only encouragement by 1906, was the grant of a U.S. patent.

Ironically, a chance meeting with an American soldier in France started a chain reaction that finally woke the U.S. Army to the fact that their native sons were trying to sell a priceless technology with military applications to foreign powers. They issued an order for an airplane just as a group of private financiers came together in France to license the Wright patents. Persistence had paid off handsomely - the Wrights suddenly had not one but two interested customers. They arrived at an agreement with both the U.S. Army and the French. Now all that remained was to show their clients, and the world, that they could do what they said they could do. Orville stayed in the U.S. to build an airplane for the Army.