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Modern era · 1903

First powered flight

Orville and Wilbur Wright fly the first powered, controlled airplane. The first flight lasts 12 seconds.

The Wright Flyer, 17 December 1903 · Wikimedia Commons
When
1903
Where
Kitty Hawk, USA
Era
Modern

Before and after

Treaty of Vereeniging1902Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty1903Show on timeline

Sources: Wright Flyer

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