“Orville and Wilbur Wright and Charles Taylor are three of the giants in aviation innovation and technology. By inventing powered flight at Kitty Hawk on Dec. 17, 1903, the Wright Brothers set ...

The first flight on December 17, 1903, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina with Orville Wright at the controls of the Wright Flyer. The plane flew for 12 seconds and a distance of 120 feet.