Orville and Wilbur Wright
1 aircraft·Wright Brothers·1903
Orville and Wilbur Wright achieved the first powered, sustained, and controlled heavier-than-air flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on 17 December 1903. What set the Wrights apart from their contemporaries was their systematic, engineering-driven approach: they built their own wind tunnel, tested over 200 wing shapes, invented the three-axis control system that every aircraft still uses, and designed and built their own engine and propellers. The 12-second flight that changed the world was the product of years of rigorous experimentation.
1900sWright Brothers
