Wright Brothers Day | HOLIDAY of the week
Happy Wright Brothers Day!
Observed on: December 17In: United States of America
Established by: President Dwight D. Eisenhower
On this day in 1903, "Near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright [made] the first successful flight in history of a self-propelled, heavier-than-air aircraft. Orville piloted the gasoline-powered, propeller-driven biplane, which stayed aloft for 12 seconds and covered 120 feet on its inaugural flight. . . . The modern aviation age was born. Three more tests were made that day, with Wilbur and Orville alternately flying the airplane. Wilbur flew the last flight, covering 852 feet in 59 seconds."
"When my brother and I set out on this game we did not think it would be possible for a man to fly within fifty years."
Wilbur Wright
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