On December 17 1903 at 10:30 am at Kitty Hawk North Carolina this airplane arose for a few seconds to make the first powered heavier-than-air controlled flight in history. The first flight lasted 12 seconds and flew a distance of 120 feet. Orville Wright piloted the historic flight while his brother Wilbur observed. The brothers took three other flights that day each flight lasting longer than the other with the final flight going a distance of 852 feet in 59 seconds. This flight was the