[Start of the first flight of 1905, Orville Wright at controls of the machine, near the hangar at Huffman Prairie. The two figures in the center are probably Wilbur Wright and Charles E. Taylor. The catapult launching device appears for the first time in a photograph] [graphic].

[Start of the first flight of 1905, Orville Wright at controls of the machine, near the hangar at Huffman Prairie. The two figures in the center are probably Wilbur Wright and Charles E. Taylor. The catapult launching device appears for the first time in a photograph] [graphic]. Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912, photographer. Wright, Orville, 1871-1948, photographer. still image Dry plate negatives 1900-1910. gmgpc [1905 June 23] eng Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 59. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Forms part of: Glass negatives from the Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright. Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912. Wright, Orville, 1871-1948. Airplanes--Ohio--Dayton--1900-1910. Flight testing--Ohio--Dayton--1900-1910. Hangars--Ohio--Dayton--1900-1910. Reference copy in LOT 11512. Glass negatives from the Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppprs.00639 No known restrictions.