The world’s first flight officially took off from North Carolina’s Outer Banks on this day in history, Dec. 17, 1903. The Wright brothers were allegedly the first to successfully fly a powered ...

Wilbur and Orville Wright allegedly became the first to successfully fly a powered and controlled airplane on this day in history, Dec. 17, 1903. Here's their remarkable story.

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

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, ...

The Wright brothers took flight on Dec. 17, 1903, 69 days later. According to a 2017 article from The Virginian-Pilot, that newspaper was the first and only one to report what had happened.

On Tuesday, the Wright Brothers National Memorial hosted an anniversary event that also honored the late Charles McGee. McGee was one of the famed Tuskegee Airmen, flying for the racially ...

The Wright Brothers’ technological achievement at the start of the 20th Century is something entrepreneurs strive to do every day: bring bold ideas to life. Nearly 120 years ago, after extensive ...

On Dec. 17, 1903, two brothers from Dayton, Ohio, harnessed the winds of North Carolina's Outer Banks to take flight. 121 years ago today: Wright Brothers Day celebrates first flight ...

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The Dayton Fire Department in Ohio said that it was still investigating what caused the fire at the historic site, where the Wright brothers first manufactured planes starting in 1910.