Imagine being the very first person to lift off the ground and soar like a bird! That’s exactly what Orville Wright did on December 17, 1903—changing the world forever.
Orville Wright was an American inventor and engineer who lived in the early 1900s. Alongside his brother Wilbur, he built and flew the first powered airplane.
Their creation, called the Wright Flyer, had a wooden frame, cloth wings, and a tiny engine. It flew just 120 feet at first, but that short flight proved humans could conquer the skies!
Before Orville’s flight, people only dreamed of flying. After his success, inventors everywhere raced to build better, faster airplanes. Today we fly around the world in jetliners—all thanks to that first leap into the air.
Orville Wright showed us that courage, creativity, and teamwork can turn dreams into reality. Next time you look up at a plane, remember: it all started with his brave flight on a windy beach more than a century ago!
