120 feet in 12 seconds.
With a coin-toss... Wilbur won.
The Wright brothers first flew their airplane the "Wright Flyer" at Kittyhawk North Carolina on December 17th 1903
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The Wright Flyer in 1903
Unpowered, Chinese kites used to punish convicts. Powered, the Wright Brothers 1903 Flyer
The Wrights did NOT fly the 'first airplane' . The Wright brothers were the first to achieve controlled powered flight. Gliders, man-made wings, and balloons were around long before the flight of the Wright Brothers flying machine, the Flyer I, on December 17, 1903, at Kill Devil Hills near Kitty Hawk NC.
The first successful aeroplane was named :-Kitty Hawk It was also called the Wright Flyer, after the designers.
The first functional plane to fly under its own power (ex. engine) would be the wright flyer, invented and flown by the Wright Brothers on December 17, 1903.
The first flight of the Wright Flyer was only 120 feet. However, the Wright brothers made several other flights that day including one that covered over 850 feet.
Wilbur and Orville Wright, the Wright Brothers. Their first powered controlled airplane called the flyer was a Biplane. Bi meaning two, thus two wings...
Throughout history man has wanted to soar above the earth like a bird. Attempts had been made by many but the Wright Brothers are recognised as the first to create a means for man to finally fly.
It flew below 100 metres from the ground.