Wright brothers’ first airplane flight in 1903 (© John Daniels/Archive Pics/Alamy Stock Photo)

【December 17 2015】When Orville and Wilbur Wright were ready to test their experimental heavier-than-air flying machine, they decided by coin toss who would have first crack at piloting the craft and who would remain on the ground. This photo of the first successful flight of the Wright Flyer shows Orville at the controls and Wilbur to the right of the airplane. On the windy morning of December 17, 1903, the two inventors got their Flyer off the ground four times altogether, with Wilbur piloting the longest flight of the day, lasting 59 seconds over a distance of 852 feet. And though the location is popularly thought to be Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the test flights took place at Kill Devil Hills, about four miles south of Kitty Hawk.Explore breathtaking Gallery from the HuluTrip homepage over the past 5 years..