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rville Wright launched his historic 12-second flight on December 17, 1903, the same year Frank Miller opened the Mission Inn. Miller felt a connection to the world of aviation from the very beginning, and filled his hotel with flying-related ephemera. Among the hotel's collections relating to Orville & Wilbur Wright are a rib from one of their gliders labeled "Rib 1902 Glider," a sample of sand taken from the beach at Kitty Hawk where their famous flight took place, and a photo of Orville's wings mounted on the Inn's Famous Fliers' Wall.