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

While the Wright brothers are widely recognized as the fathers of flight, Brazilians believe the true inventor of the ...

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. They ...

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The people who are said to have developed the world's first powered airplane and succeeded in manned powered flight are the American Wright Brothers. However, in Brazil, for several reasons, it is ...

Orville and Wilbur Wright, widely known as the fathers of modern aviation, supposedly flew the first plane in Kill Devil Hills, N.C. on Dec. 17, 1903. Their feat was so momentous that license ...

The Dayton-made Wright Flyer III now just needs governor approval to become the official state airplane of Ohio, following Wednesday's 85-0 House vote on Senate Bill 24. The Flyer III, designed and ...

Grand buildings, parades, pyrotechnics and exhibits drew visitors to Chilhowee Park for the 1910 Appalachian Exposition.

The Dayton-made Wright Flyer III now just needs governor approval to become the official state airplane of Ohio, following Wednesday’s 85-0 House vote on Senate Bill 24. The Flyer III, designed ...