TODAY IN 1903---WILBUR AND ORVILLE WRIGHT WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE MOTORIZED FLIGHT AT KITTYHAWK NORTH CAROLINA-------THEIR FIRST ATTEMPT LASTED 12 SECONDS AND IT WAS ABOUT AS LONG AS THE WING SPAN OF SOME OF OUR PASSENGER AIR PLANES----WILBUR WAS NOT ABLE TO GAIN FLIGHT SO ORVILLE TRIED AND HAD MORE LUCK.....................