On this day in 1903, the first successful flight of a mechanically propelled, heavier than air vehicle was made by Orville and Wilbur Wright near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Can you imagine what modern life would be like without the ability to jump on a plane to get where you want to go? We take it for granted that you can fly from New York in the morning and arrive in Los Angeles in time for lunch, but journeys like this would take days without the airplane. In honor of the day, we’ve chosen three books with main characters who are pilots.
