Wright Flyer At Smithsonian's Air And Space Museum (PHOTOS)

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This December 15, 2012 photo shows the original 1903 Wright Flyer, centerpiece of 'The Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Aerial Age' exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum's flagship building in Washington, DC. On December 17, 1903, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the 1903 Wright Flyer became the first powered, heavier-than-air machine to achieve controlled, sustained flight with a pilot aboard. It flew forward without losing speed and landed at a point as high as that from which it started. With Orville Wright as pilot, the airplane took off from a launching rail and flew for 12 seconds and a distance of 37 meters (120 feet). AFP PHOTO/Karen BLEIER (Photo credit should read KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images)
This December 15, 2012 photo shows the original 1903 Wright Flyer, centerpiece of 'The Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Aerial Age' exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum's flagship building in Washington, DC. On December 17, 1903, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the 1903 Wright Flyer became the first powered, heavier-than-air machine to achieve controlled, sustained flight with a pilot aboard. It flew forward without losing speed and landed at a point as high as that from which it started. With Orville Wright as pilot, the airplane took off from a launching rail and flew for 12 seconds and a distance of 37 meters (120 feet). AFP PHOTO/Karen BLEIER (Photo credit should read KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON -- Up in the sky? It's a bird? It's a plane! Thanks to the Wright Brothers, there are planes in the sky. One-hundred nine years ago today, Wilbur and Orville Wright conducted the first successful manned powered-airplane flights.

In honor of the anniversary, The Huffington Post swung by the Wright Flyer aircraft on display in The Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Aerial Age exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum.

Happy birthday Wright Flyer!

1903 Wright Flyer

1903 Wright Flyer

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