W. W. Kitchin

Historical marker location:

Scotland Neck, North Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (U.S. 258) and Mary Chapel Road (County Road 1117), on the right when traveling north on Main Street.)

Marker installed: 1951

1866-1924.

North Carolina was the site of the first successful powered flight of a helicopter, which occurred in Asheville in 1924.