National Aviation Day Is August 19 To Honor Orville Wright

Orville Wright

The Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, were pioneer aviators in the United States. Orville was the first person to successfully fly an airplane. His first flight was December 17, 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. This inaugural flight was soon to change the skies forever.

This special day was created by a presidential proclamation by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939.