Tech History Made on December 17, 1903

Today's tech is immortalized on the back of the North Carolina quarter. On this day in 1903 the first manned, motor powered air craft was flown by the Wright brothers. The plane, manned by Orville, was in the air for 12 seconds and went of distance of 120 ft. The brothers had a bicycle business in Ohio but couldn't help tinkering with kites gliders and other flying things. All that tinkering paid off as they are now a huge part of the history of aviation.