December in Aviation History
The First Airplane Flight On December 17th of 1903 the first airplane flight was conducted by brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright. Near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the Wrights made the first successful self-propelled, heavier-than-air aircraft flight. Piloted by Orville, the aircraft was a gasoline-powered, propel-driven biplane, which stayed in flight for 12 seconds and covered…