Wilbur and Orville Wright invented the first aeroplane in the United States of America in 1903. The Wright brothers thought of the flight when one day their father returned from a trip and surprised the boys with a small toy. It was a toy helicopter. The boys admired the toy very much and they said that they wanted to fly. While the boys were growing up, they were always repairing and fixing things. They made kites and sold them to classmates. Later, they opened a bicycle shop and repaired bicycles. They used the money from the bicycle shop for their first flight experiments. The historic flight lasted for just 12 seconds and covered about 120 feet. This changed the world forever.