Bugün öğrendim ki: Wright kardeşin ilk uçuşu Boeing 747'nin kanat açıklığından daha kısaydı.

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First powered aircraft built by the Wright brothers The _**Wright Flyer**_ (the _**Kitty Hawk**_ , often retrospectively referred to as **_Flyer_ I** or **1903 _Flyer_** ) was the first successful- than-air powered aircraft. Designed and built by the [Wright brothers](/wiki/Wright_brothers "Wright brothers"), they flew it four times on December 17, 1903, near [Kill Devil Hills](/wiki/Kill_Devil_Hills,_North_Carolina "Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina"), about 6 kilometers (4 miles) south of [Kitty Hawk, North Carolina](/wiki/Kitty_Hawk,_North_Carolina "Kitty Hawk, North Carolina"). Today, the airplane is exhibited in the [National Air and Space Museum](/wiki/National_Air_and_Space_Museum "National Air and Space Museum") in [Washington DC](/wiki/Washington_D.C. "Washington DC") The US [Smithsonian Institution](/wiki/Smithsonian_Institution "Smithsonian Institution") describes the aircraft as "the first powered, heavy-than-air machine to achieve controlled, sustained flight with a pilot aboard."[2] The flight of the _Wright Flyer_ marks the beginning of the ["pioneer era"](/wiki/Aviation_in_the_pioneer_era "Aviation in the pioneer era") of aviation.