Your birth year
2006
Wright Flyer
1903Aviation
Wright Flyer is 103 years older than you
It's from 1903, before you were born.
- First flight
- 1903
- Vehicle
- Powered airplane
- Place
- Kitty Hawk
About
As of 2026, it's 123 years old.
The Wright Flyer flew in 1903, a short event with enormous consequences for transportation, warfare, commerce, and culture.
Everything from airliners to spacecraft sits downstream from the proof that controlled powered flight could work.
Wright Flyer through the years
1903
1903
First powered controlled flight
The Wright Flyer flew at Kitty Hawk.
You were born — 2006
