Katharine Wright and Wilbur Wright Preparing to Fly, Orville Wright Looking On, Pau, France, February 15, 1909

Katharine Wright, whose support for her brothers Wilbur and Orville never wavered, took her first flight as a passenger on February 15, 1909. With Wilbur at the controls, the siblings soared over Pau in the south of France, thrilling the crowd gathered to watch the celebrated Wright flying machine.