28. First Flight
The Wright brothers became global heroes as they successfully completed the first flight in 1903. The brothers, Orville and Wilbur, had been experimenting with flight for years before their first successful run, and before they ever used motored machinery they mastered the sky with gliding and precise skill. Can you imagine being there to witness this groundbreaking technological advance? Life as we know it would be so different without these brothers and their genius invention.