In May, 1910, Wilbur made his last flight as pilot. Shortly afterward he and Orville flew for a brief time together. It was the only flight when the brothers were both in the air at the same time. Later the same day Orville took up his 82-year-old father. In the spirit of the Wrights the Bishop’s only comment was ... “Higher! Higher!” Orville’s final flight as pilot was made in 1918 from South Field near Dayton. [Illustration: Orville Wright meeting with members of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.] After an illness of three weeks, Wilbur Wright died on May 30, 1912, in his forty-fifth year. The whole world mourned him. Thus, in the prime of life, with a record of achievement privileged to few, passed a notable figure in American creative history. Orville Wright survived his brother for 36 years, passing away January 30, 1948. Throughout his life he maintained his active interest in aviation, was a life member of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and a frequent and honored visitor to Wright Field, the great Air Force research center named in honor of the Wright brothers. [Illustration: Always interested in new developments, Orville Wright visits Wright Field.] [Illustration: The “Kitty Hawk,” Smithsonian Institution, Washington.] The Wright brothers have been honored by many nations. Medals, trophies, monuments tell in part, at least, the story of their great achievement. The original Kitty Hawk aeroplane holds the place of honor in the aeronautical exhibit of Smithsonian Institution, Washington. A replica of the Kitty Hawk in the Science Museum at South Kensington, London, speaks for the British nation in honoring the Wrights. Monuments have been erected at Kitty Hawk, N. C., at Le Mans, France, and at Dayton. And now Wright Hall with its restored 1905 plane takes its place as one of the efforts of a grateful world to honor one of man’s greatest achievements. [Illustration: Wright Memorial, Kitty Hawk, N. C.] [Illustration: Monument to Wrights, Le Mans, France.] [Illustration: Wright Hall in Carillon Park houses restored 1905 Wright aeroplane.] On the walls of Wright Hall is inscribed this tribute to the achievements and to the personal character of two great Americans: _In honored memory of Wilbur and Orville Wright, citizens of Dayton and of the world. Through original research, the Wright brothers acquired scientific knowledge and developed theories of aerodynamics which, with their invention of aileron control, enabled them in 1903 to build and fly, at Kitty Hawk, the first power-driven, man-carrying aeroplane capable of flight._ _Their further development of the aeroplane gave it a capacity for service which established aviation as one of the great forward steps in human progress._ _As scientists, Wilbur and Orville Wright discovered the secret of flight. As inventors, builders and flyers, they brought aviation to the world._