who was the first to achieve sustained,controlled powered flight
1903 would become a year for the history books. That year the Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur Wright, would fly the first powered, controlled, heavier-than-air airplane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on December 17, 1903. 1.
First Airplane Flight. Go to the The Wright Brothers Page: Wilbur and Orville Wright Go to the Wright Brothers History: The Tale of the Airplane Go to the the biography of Samuel Pierpont Langley Go to the Inventor's Gallery (on the main site).