When the Wright brothers finally succeeded in getting their flyer airborne, many didn’t believe they had really done it.

Orville and Wilbur Wright were inspired by Otto Lilienthal, a German glider pioneer. Though he crashed to his death in 1896, the Wrights were obsessed the technical problems involved in flight.

The Dayton-made Wright Flyer III now just needs governor approval to become the official state airplane of Ohio, following ...

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On December 17, 1903, the Wright brothers flew their "Flyer" four times, with their longest flight lasting 59 seconds and covering 852 feet. With these flights, they became the first to ...

The Wright brothers may have engineered the first plane, but that has nothing on history's largest aircraft. Here's how Kitty Hawk's finest hold up against an Airbus A380, Boeing 747, and the new ...

The invention of the airplane by Wilbur and Orville Wright is one of the great stories in American history. The Wright brothers’ invention not only solved a long-studied technical problem, but helped ...

The famous Wright brothers were not the ... included a rudder and a clockwork motor driving two airscrews to propel the airship. 1783: first untethered flight in a hot-air balloon 1785: first ...

If you flew to Outer Banks, you have the Wright Brothers ... monument in the shape of an airplane tail marks this significant flight. To get a glimpse into the brothers' lives, travelers can ...