Hopes grew that a flying machine might be invented. Otto Lilienthal died in a test flight accident while trying to learn more about it. Although the Wright brothers were shaken, their faith did not waver. They wrote to the president of the Smithsonian Institution. Sensing the interest of the Wright brothers, the president of the company, Samuel P. Langley, sent all the information about the attempts made up to that time to fly into space, the successes and failures, and the progress. With the knowledge gained from those efforts, they thought from different angles.

The Wright brothers built their first glider in 1900 and wrote to the National Weather Service when they wondered where they could test it. The answer came that a place called Kitticak in North Carnoy was suitable. They went there and tried but did not get the expected success. Still undeterred, the Wright brothers spent the next four years experimenting and making various changes to their design. Because there were no other models, they thought and thought and made changes. Each time they could feel the improvement. In 1903 they fitted a self-developed motor to a glider they produced. In it, the pilot has to make it fly by controlling it with his hands and feet while lying down.

On December 14, 1903, the plane, which they named the Flyer, was ready for its first flight. Wilbur won by flipping a coin to see who would drive it. Both of their minds fluttered with anticipation as Wilbur climbed into the plane and lay down, trying to start the plane, but due to some mechanical failure, the plane never moved. Even then, if those brothers had lost their minds, we would not have got the flight. They spent the next three days thinking and making some more changes.

They tried again on December 17. This time, Orville was struck by flipping the coin. Lying on his stomach in the plane, Orville pulled the trigger at 10:35 a.m. US time. Swinging this way and that in space, it flew for exactly 12 seconds and landed safely at a height of 37 meters. Those 12 seconds are the magic seconds that laid the foundation for air transport. The Wright brothers were buoyed by victory. Their long sweat has finally paid off. Three more times on the same day, the Wright brothers took turns flying. The fourth time Wilbur flew 57 seconds apart. The following year, the Wright brothers set a record of flying twelve miles, reaching a height of one hundred feet. In 1908, Orville achieved a record flying time of 57 minutes.