Everyone knows how the Wright brothers invented an aircraft that took them on a first, iconic flight in 1903. What they might ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Full-size reproduction of the Wright brothers' 1900 glider, built in 2003. Fabric-covered wooden-frame biplane, with ...

Wright Flyer III has been named Ohio's official state aircraft. Here's why it's important to the Buckeye State, and aviation ...

The Wright brothers’ feat was “under the control of the pilot. It was a powered flight,” Jakab says. It took off and landed at the same height, which shows that it was advanced enough to not ...

The Wright brothers seemed like the most ordinary men in the world, but they were brilliant, ... The glider succeeded--they had at last managed to glide through the air with control.

A woodworker, Taylor set out to build a replica of a glider the Wright brothers created in the early 1900s. That took him more than a year.

The Wright Brothers’ first plane flight in Kitty Hawk lasted just 12 seconds in 1903, but Orville and Wilbur made history in that airplane, the Flyer ...

We pay homage to the Wright Brothers every day on a global scale: every time someone hops in a plane for work or pleasure, they can thank Orville and Wilbur for the luxury. We wanted to celebrate ...

Wright Brothers 100 years ago today, the Wright Brothers, who hailed from Dayton, Ohio, flew their first glider, a major step toward their historic powered flight three years later. Today, another ...

Aviation pioneers Orville and Wilbur Wright succeeded in achieving the first powered, sustained, and controlled airplane flight on the Outer Banks on Dec. 17, 1903. The National Park Service will c… ...

The Wright brothers seemed like the most ordinary men in the world, but they were brilliant, ... The glider succeeded--they had at last managed to glide through the air with control.