The first person to successfully achieve powered flight was Orville Wright, alongside his brother Wilbur Wright. On December 17, 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, they conducted the first controlled, sustained flight of a powered, heavier-than-air aircraft—the Wright Flyer. Orville piloted the first flight, which lasted 12 seconds and covered a distance of 120 feet. This monumental achievement marked the beginning of the aviation age, as the Wright brothers continued to develop and refine their designs. Their pioneering work laid the foundation for modern aeronautics and transformed the way humanity would travel and connect globally.