1. How many flights were flown that day? What was the longest flight?

Four flights were flown, with the longest being flown by Orville a distance of 852 feet for a total time of 59 seconds.

2. Why do you think their achievement did not get a lot of attention?

They did not have newspaper reporters present at the time it happened, so the story was not witnessed firsthand by a news reporter. They really did not want a lot of attention because they were afraid that someone would copy their work before they could have it patented. So the only message that went out was a garbled telegram transmission which they sent to their father.

3. Give a brief timetable of the Wright Brothers' lives from that point on. Give the year and then briefly describe the event.

4. What happened to the Kitty Hawk Flyer after the Wright Brothers were finished using it?

It was first exhibited for 20 years in a museum in London. Then it was permanently installed for exhibit in the Smithsonian (Washington, D.C.). A piece of the wing fabric was taken to the moon in 1969 by astronaut Neil Armstrong.