The Wright brothers Wilbur and Orville make the first powered flight in their "Wright Flyer" at Kittyhawk, North Carolina.
The simple canvas aircraft, flown for the first successful time by Orville Wright on December 17th lasted only 12 seconds and covered only 120 feet but marked a milestone in the technology of mankind. Within 20 years aviation was a major past time; within 30 the jet engine had been developed and within 40 commercial air travel had taken off. The Wright brother's seemingly unimpressive first steps initiated a period of vast technological advances, which helped propel us into our current modern world.
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