President Donald Trump issued an official proclamation to mark this year’s holiday by honouring Wright brothers.
It marks the 114th anniversary of the first airplane flight that Dayton brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright made along a windswept beach in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on December 17, 1903. The first aircraft powered by gasoline reached 120 feet in the air for 12 seconds during its maiden flight.
In honour of the twelve second flight that ushered in the age of aviation, December 17 has been officially designated “Wright Brothers Day”.