Leonardo da vinci drew the first designs for powered flight in 1485
The wright brothers built the first powered aircraft, though others claimed to have don so earlier, but those claims have been discounted.
To prove that heavier-than-air flight was possible.
The are famous for invinting the first ariplane.
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.
1903. This was the first successful, powered, piloted flight in history.
The first engine-powered airplane was invented by the Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur Wright, in the United States. They achieved their first successful powered flight on December 17, 1903, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. This historic flight marked the beginning of the aviation era, as their aircraft, the Wright Flyer, was the first to carry a pilot and sustain controlled, powered flight.
The Wright brothers' first airplane, the Wright Flyer, was not a powered, heavier-than-air craft; it was indeed a powered, heavier-than-air airplane. It was also not the first aircraft to achieve sustained flight, as the Wright Flyer successfully made its first powered flight on December 17, 1903. Additionally, it did not have a closed cockpit, as it was an open-frame design.
The first powered, manned flight was completed by one of the many airships built in the 1800's.The first powered, manned Heavier than air flight was completed by Clement Ader in 1890. He flew a short distance from level ground without assistance in the Eole, sponsored by the French Army.
After many years of tries, the first powered airplane flight was in 1903 by the Wright brothers.
They were the first to produce powered flight that was able to carry a human. They are often credited with the invention of powered flight but this was invented by John Stringfellow of Chard, Somerset, England, who produced a steam powered, heavier-than-air plane (yes - steam powered!) a prototype of which he flew for the public at Crystal Palace, London in 1868. The Wright brothers produced the first plane able to carry a human making their first flight on 17th December 1903, 25 years later than Stringfellow. They were also the first to make the controls for a plane that would make such a flight possible. Their initial flight was shorter than the current wingspan of a Jumbo Jet Boeing 747.
It was the first ever powered heavier-than-air machine to achieve controlled and sustained flight with a pilot aboard.
The airplane was invented not discovered. The first official heavier than air flight was at Kitty Hawk.
The first powered aircraft to sustain flight was invented by the Wright brothers (Orville and Wilbur) in 1903.