Milestone: the age Orville Wright was when he flew the first powered airplane.
Orville Wright piloted the first powered, controlled airplane flight near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17, 1903. It lasted 12 seconds.
Sources: Smithsonian Institution Archives · History.com. Ages are calculated, not estimated.
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