At first, since the Wright Brothers had been toiling in relative obscurity, French aviators heralded Santos Dumont’s flight as the world’s first. Now, much to Brazil’s distress, the French and most of ...

The family said the brothers had booked a flight to Boston for 7 a.m. last Friday but never made their flight. Just 24 hours later, they were found dead in an area the family said they had never ...

Because the Wright brothers solved the problem of sustained, controlled flight, humans soon conquered the skies. Aircraft have been used in war since almost the beginning, but flight has also ...

Two brothers who organised a plane hijack from Afghanistan to Britain were today jailed for five years each at the Old Bailey. Six of their followers were jailed for 30 months and a seventh for 27 ...

All five people on board a small plane that crashed into a residential area in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on Sunday survived and were taken to hospitals, authorities said. Conditions for the ...

Prepare to be air-mazed! Delta Air Lines revealed plans to revolutionize air travel with a new fighter jet-style passenger plane that aims to lower emissions and fuel costs – and could take ...

Indiana and Orville Wright was born on August 19, 1871, Dayton, Ohio. Both brothers were pioneers credited with inventing the first airplane. Every single Aussie taxpayer to get tax cuts under $ ...