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

Wilbur Wright was born on April 16, 1867, Millville, Indiana and Orville Wright was born on August 19, 1871, Dayton, Ohio.

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 ...

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 ...

A single-engine plane crashed on Saturday afternoon in a wooded area at Wright Brothers National ... a flight was forced to ...

For one thing, the Wright Brothers ... in carrying it back." It just blows it back (whenever the wind is strong enough) up hill to the starting-point.] They had a purpose in view.

Crouch is Senior Curator of the Division of Aeronautics at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., and has just published two books on the Wrights: The Wright Brothers and the ...

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 ...

Piece of Wright Flyer replica is on display at Gather by Ghostlight coffee shop/restaurant/bar. The Arcade was built just as Wilbur and Orville Wright were making their first flight.

Since childhood, the brothers had experimented with the concept of flight. They were mechanically-minded young guys who were encouraged by the achievements of others. The Wright Brothers started ...

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 ...