Wright Brothers Day

TODAY IN SCIENCE: Wright Brothers Day

On this day in 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright recorded their first successful flight at Kill Devil Hills, near Kitty Hawk, N.C. Theirs was not the first airplane, but was the first one that successfully combined a heavier-than-air, powered vehicle with a pilot aboard and with the ability to control the plane’s path.

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