First public display of Wright Brothers 1903 Flyer 'Kitty Hawk', MIT Steam Laboratory", 1916

Object summary

Title: First public display of Wright Brothers 1903 Flyer 'Kitty Hawk', MIT Steam Laboratory", 1916
Object ID: GCP-00028719
Date made: 1916
Place made: United States, Massachusetts, Cambridge, MIT
Object type: Photograph
Major collection: MIT History
Named collection: Biographical/Subject Files Collection
On view: No

Description

View from above of the display of the original 1903 flyer built by Orville and Wilbur Wright and first flown on December 17, 1903. The display, arranged by Lester D. Gardner (SB 1898), was located in the newly constructed Steam Laboratory of the Department of Mechanical Engineering (In 2022, this is basement and mezzanine level of Building 3, where Rooms 038, 046 and 050 are located.) Several visitors are seen on the right.

Original caption: "Original Wright Brothers biplane 'Kitty Hawk' exhibited at MIT for the dedication of the new Cambridge campus, 1916".