Orville and Wilbur Wright disregarded several failed attempts to fly and persevered in their seemingly unattainable goal. Using a common glider airframe, they created the Kitty Hawk Flyer, named after the area on the Outer Banks of North Carolina where they tested their airplanes. And while their first attempt at flight failed, they were successful on December 17, 1903, when the first legitimate powered flight lasted 12 seconds. The Wright Brothers went on to chronicle approximately 1,000 flights during a four-year period on the sand dunes of North Carolina. As a result, the Wright Brothers ushered in a new era of flight and the "air age" was born.