Wilbur and Orville Wright Flew the First Airplane in 1903 near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

First Flight

Wilbur and Orville Wright flew the first airplane in 1903 near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Orville piloted the first successful flight. Then Wilbur had his turn. Each flight lasted less than a minute. The flights were results of years of experimentation.  Children could read Russell Freedman’s The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane.