The Wright Brothers And The Birth Of The Airplane

The original camp built by the Wright brothers in Kitty Hawk in 1900. Popular Science archives On December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright took their famous first flight in Kitty Hawk, N.C. After four years of experimentation, the brothers became the first to fly a "heavier-than-air machine with a pilot on board." This article, which details the birth of the flying machine, was written by John McMahon for the September 1925 issue of Popular Science. When Orville Wright announced last spring ...