The Wright Flyer (also known as the Kitty Hawk,Smithsonian Air and Space museum collection (click on Long Description)Orville Wright note Flyer I or the 1903 Flyer) made the first sustained flight by a manned heavier-than-air powered and controlled aircraft—an airplane—on December 17, 1903. Invented and flown by brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright, it marked the beginning of the pioneer era of aviation.
