National Aviation Day

August 19 is Orville Wright's birthday, and it changed everything about distance.

National Aviation Day on August 19 was established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939 to mark the birthday of Orville Wright, born on August 19, 1871. The Wright Brothers made the first successful powered, heavier-than-air flights at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on December 17, 1903. National