The first flight of an aircraft was achieved in 1903 by Wright Brothers in USA in the state of North Carolina.
12 seconds
There is lot of difference between test flight/air test/first flight.
The first flight of the Beechcraft Bonanza aircraft was the 22nd of December 1945. As of 2010 this aircraft was still being produced, and there were more than 17000 planes made in different models.
The Wright brothers first powered aircraft that achieved heavier than air flight was called the "Flyer." There is some dispute over whether or not this is true since the brothers used techniques such as a headwind and a catapult which some believe disqualified this as a true powered flight.
12 seconds.
dec 17th, 1903
1903. This was the first successful, powered, piloted flight in history.
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.
The previous flight status of the aircraft was delayed.
BOEING 767
A Boeing 767
In 1903, the Wright brothers achieved the first controlled, sustained, powered flight of an aircraft at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Their aircraft, the Wright Flyer, flew for 12 seconds and covered a distance of 120 feet. This event is considered a major milestone in aviation history.