On December 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright completed the world’s first flight on the beach at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
The flight lasted only 12 seconds and traveled a mere 36.5 meters, yet it ushered in the aviation era. Since then, other U.S. aeronautical innovations have contributed to a global aviation industry that transports millions of passengers and thousands of metric tons of cargo every day.
In honor of the 120th anniversary of the Wright brothers’ first flight, take this quiz to see if you can put these milestones in aviation in the order in which they occurred.
