Wright Memorial, Kitty Hawk, N. C.
Monument to Wrights, Le Mans, France.
Wright Hall in Carillon Park houses restored 1905 Wright aeroplane.
On the walls of Wright Hall is inscribed this tribute to the achievements and to the personal character of two great Americans:
In honored memory of Wilbur and Orville Wright, citizens of Dayton and of the world. Through original research, the Wright brothers acquired scientific knowledge and developed theories of aerodynamics which, with their invention of aileron control, enabled them in 1903 to build and fly, at Kitty Hawk, the first power-driven, man-carrying aeroplane capable of flight.
Their further development of the aeroplane gave it a capacity for service which established aviation as one of the great forward steps in human progress.
As scientists, Wilbur and Orville Wright discovered the secret of flight. As inventors, builders and flyers, they brought aviation to the world.
Their courage, perseverance and ability are comparable only to the magnitude of their achievement. The aeroplane will stand for all time as one of those few truly great inventions which have shaped the life and destiny of man.
CARILLON PARK
DAYTON, OHIO