At 10:35 a.m. on December 17, 1903, Orville Wright flew the Flyer for 12 seconds over 120 feet of the ground

They flew their invention three more times,The longest flight was 59 seconds and 852 feet, with Wilbur at the controls

Wilbur died in 1912, Orville died in 1948, He saw flying speeds go from 6.8 MPH to 662 MPH in 1947, when Air Force Capt Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier