How long did the the first powered flight last?

Answer 1

The first flight lasted 12 seconds and was made by the Wright Brothers- Orville and Wilbur Wright

AnswerThere are a number of claims to earlier powered flight, most notably by Richard Pearse, a New Zealand pioneer aviator who purportedly made a powered flight on March 31, 1902. However, most aviation historians credit the Wright brothers with having first achieved the feat.

Here is an excerpt from Wikipedia:

"According to the Smithsonian and FAI the Wrights made the first sustained, controlled and powered heavier-than-air flight at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, a town five miles down the road from Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on December 17, 1903.

The first flight by Orville Wright, of 121 feet (37 m) in 12 seconds, was recorded in a famous photograph. In the fourth flight of the same day, Wilbur Wright flew 852 feet (260 m) in 59 seconds. The flights were witnessed by 4 lifesavers and a boy from the village, making them the first public flights and certainly the first well-documented ones."

Answer 2

one hundred ninety five

Answer 3

56 seconds