First flight of the Wright Flyer
December 17, 1903
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First flight of the Wright Flyer
Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first sustained, controlled flights of a powered aeroplane at Kill Devil Hills near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The longest of the four flights covered 260 metres.
Location
- Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina
