The most powerful photographs throughout American history

[post_page_title]First flight – 1903[/post_page_title]
Today, airplanes are a common mode of transportation, and nobody thinks twice about the ease with which we fly from one location to another. But in 1903, when the Wright Brothers succeeded in building the first airplane to achieve sustained flight with a pilot, it was a pretty big deal. The flight occurred on December 17, 1903, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, and lasted for about four miles. The airplane, called the Wright Flyer, is on display at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C.