(Kitty Hawk to Tranquility Base)

Sixty-six years after the Wright Brothers inaugurated the aerial age with their heavier-than-air flight at Kitty Hawk, the first man walked on the moon. The landing of the Apollo XI lunar module in the Mer Tranquilitus (Sea of Tranquility) on July 20, 1969 was broadcast on live television to a world-wide audience, including a crowd that gathered at Wright Brothers National Memorial to watch the historic event on television. When Commander Neil Armstrong stepped on the surface of the moon he carried in his Personal Preference Kit (PPK) a piece of cloth and wood from the original 1903 Wright Flyer. This framed display contains a piece of "Pride of the West" muslin fabric from the upper left wing and a fragment of wood from the left propeller from the 1903 Wright Flyer, along with copies of letters of authentication from Harold Miller, Co-Executor of the Orville Wright Estate and Neil Armstrong, Command Pilot on the Apollo XI.

These framed objects represent two of humanity 's greatest achievements-from the very first moment of powered flight to the first steps on the moon!