The first flight of an aircraft was achieved in 1903 by Wright Brothers in USA in the state of North Carolina.
The Soviet Union achieved the first manned space flight on April 12, 1961, with cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin orbiting the Earth aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft.
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Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi was a legendary Ottoman of 17th-century Istanbul, purported to have achieved sustained unpowered flight. See attached link.
Both of the Wrights flew their first successful powered flights in 1903.
The first transoceanic hot air balloon flight was achieved in 1978. This historic flight was made by the American balloonists Ben Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson, and Larry Newman, who successfully crossed the Atlantic Ocean in a balloon named the Double Eagle II. Their journey began in Maine, USA, and ended in France, marking a significant milestone in ballooning history.
The Wright brothers achieved it on their Flyer on December 17, 1903. It lasted 12 seconds and went 120 feet.
The Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur Wright, are credited with inventing and successfully flying the first powered aircraft on December 17, 1903. Their airplane, the Wright Flyer, achieved sustained flight for 12 seconds over a distance of 120 feet. While other inventors and pioneers experimented with flight before them, the Wright brothers were the first to achieve controlled, powered flight.
The first controllable flying airplane was invented by the Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur Wright. They achieved their historic flight on December 17, 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, with their aircraft, the Wright Flyer. This aircraft was the first successful heavier-than-air powered flight, demonstrating controlled flight for the first time in history.
I can tell you HOW: they used the forces of flight; lift, thrust, drag, and gravity That's pretty much WHY they achieved flight
Their first successful flight, with Orville at the controls, took place at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on 17 December 1903. The plane covered 120 feet in about 12 seconds; a short flight, but enough to make history.