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The Wright brothers achieved the first controlled motor-powered flight

Orville and Wilbur Wright flew their aircraft Flyer I at Kitty Hawk in 1903

On 17 December 1903 near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright achieved four successful powered, controlled airplane flights. The first flight covered 120 feet in twelve seconds, proving that heavier-than-air machine flight was achievable and inaugurating the modern aviation industry.

Side view of the original Wright Aeroplane near Kitty Hawk, NC. 1903.10466 A.S. — Wikimedia Commons contributor · Public domain · source

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Orville and Wilbur Wright flew their aircraft Flyer I at Kitty Hawk in 1903. The figure is taken from Smithsonian Institution, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a history fact?: Yes. It sits on the History shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.