the first time man flew was on December 17,1903 the pilot was Orville since Wilbur has taken his turn and failed on his attempt. The Wright flyer was in the air for 12 seconds and went 120 feet. but this was not the first human flight
The Wright brothers flew 2 years after Gustav Whitehead. That's the shocking claim by aviation historian John Brown, who told Fox News he has photographic proof that German immigrant Gustav Whitehead flew over Connecticut in 1901 Orville and Wilbur were second.
