Buoyant over the success of their 1902 glider,the Wright brothers were on long content to merety add to the growing body of aeronautical knowledge;they were going to invent the airplane.Still,they recognized that much hard work lay ahead,especially the creation of a propulsion system.During the spring and summer of 1903,they were consumed with leaping that final hurdle in to history.On December 17,1903 wilbur and Orville Wright made four brief flights at Kitty Hawk with their first powered airplane.The Wright brothers hadinvented the first successful airplane.