![]() ![]() This monumental achievement set in motion a series of events which led to further innovation in the aviation industry. Orville and Wilbur Wright were pioneers who pushed the limits of what was known. They had unlocked the mystery of powered flight. They knew they had accomplished something very special that day. ![]() The strides the Wright brothers made in just one day of flight were astonishing. It was severely damaged and would never again take flight. Just after the fourth and final flight, the Kitty Hawk Flyer was blown over by the wind while parked. Their final flight of the day bested their first try by traveling 852 ft. The first of four flights that day lasted just 12 seconds and traveled only 180 feet, but it proved that human flight was possible. Wilbur and Orville had just become the first true airplane pilots. 17, 1903, the Wright brothers made history in their Kitty Hawk Flyer with the first powered flight. ![]()
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