The Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, are credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful airplane. On December 17, 1903, they made the first controlled, sustained flight of a powered, heavier-than-air aircraft at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Their achievement was based on years of experimentation with gliders and wind tunnel testing. The other options are incorrect pairs or refer to unrelated entities (Ben and Jerry is an ice cream company).