The Story of the Right Flyer

In 1912, older brother Wilbur died of typhoid fever. Both Orville and Catherine were thrown again into grief at the loss of their dear brother. Glenn Curtis redesigned the Langley Aerodrome and flew it in an underhanded attempt to steal the rights claim as the first in flight. The right family sold the one-of-a-kind, monumentally historic airplane to the museum for $1.