The invention of the airplane added to the theme of "faster is better" that was so much a part of the Industrial Revolution. As the steam engine had accelerated production and trade, the airplane would eventually help globalize the world. Orville and Wilbur Wright, at the dunes of Kitty Hawk, are credited with the world's first sustainable flight. Their simple biplane spurred a nation's curiosity, which eventually led man to conquer the skies.