By Dauntless Resolution and Unconquerable Faith

During 2003 North Carolina and the nation celebrated the centennial of Orville and Wilbur Wright's first powered flight at Kitty Hawk on 17 December 1903. Author Stephen Massengill describes some of the most significant commemorative celebrations of the first flight, from the 25th anniversary in 1928 to the 75th in 1978. Includes fourteen striking black-and-white photographs taken at those events.