Technically that was probably New Zealander Richard Pearse, not the Wright brothers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Pearse#Flights https://en.wikipedia.

Technically that was probably New Zealander Richard Pearse, not the Wright brothers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Pearse#Flights https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Pearse#Flights His flight was a bit... crashy. The Wrights managed a fully controlled powered flight first, but even then their "first flight" wasn't as far as Pearce's flight had been nine months earlier. And it also ended in a crash.