It's A Little Safer Now, Too

As of today, people have been flying for 110 years

And boy are their arms tired!  

So in case you were caught unawares, today marks the 110th anniversary of the Wright Brothers' historic flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.   

Very strictly speaking, powered flight was achieved three days earlier, when Wilbur Wright did manage to get the Wright Flyer airborne for 3 seconds before stalling and crashing, but that was not considered a successful flight.  On Dec 17th, 1903, the first four successful trips on the world's first plane were achieved, the longest being around 200 feet.  

Since then, we've improved upon the Wright Brothers' design a little bit and have planes that can carry hundreds of people thousands of miles at a time, and others that can carry one person a thousand miles in a matter of minutes.  Yeah, Science!