Monday, April 4, 2016

Wright Brother's Flying Machine Lost Patent is Found!

Orville and Wilbur Wright's US Patent number 821,393 "Flying Machine" lost 36 years ago has now been found in an archival cave in Lenexa, Kansas in time to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the patent. Select pages will be on display at the downtown D.C. National Archives West Rotunda Gallery starting on May 20, 2016. More information about the discovery and scheduled display is available at http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2016/nr16-52.html and from a Washington Post article.