100 years ago today Wilbur and Orville Wright took to the skies in their heavier than air aeroplane. The first flight of the Wright Flyer lasted 12 seconds but ushered in an era that opened up the world. We now travel distances in hours that used to take days or even weeks. In the space of a century speeds have gone from a few miles per hour to several times the speed of sound. True, the Wright brothers' invention has been used for less beneficial reasons. True, air raids existed before 1903, but the aeroplane brought it to a whole new level. And would 9/11 have happened if the main mode of air transport had been Airship. But on the whole, the invention has changed society for the good.
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