ECU faculty, students work to authenticate Wright brothers
artifact (Apr. 22, 2008) When the Wright Brothers moved to Kitty
Hawk to follow the wind more than a century ago, they brought
limited household supplies. Their thoughts seemed to be focused
more on glider materials at first than basic goods to get their
“camp” established. One of the crates that shipped supplies to
“W. Wright, Elizabeth City, North Carolina” is believed to have
been recycled by the Wrights to create the top of a wooden
kitchen table, which resurfaced last month in Kitty Hawk. A
leading Wright brothers authority, Dr. Larry Tise, and several
of his students at East Carolina University have worked since
that time to analyze and authenticate the history of the small
wooden table. The table will be shown publicly for the first
time April 24 at the Wright Brothers National Memorial site in
Kill Devil Hills. It will be presented during a public program
at 7 p.m., when Tise and his students will discuss their
research and findings on the lit