TheIncredible invention of the airplane is one of the most groundbreaking achievements in human history, but the story behind it is filled with controversy, rivalry, and incredible innovation. In this ...

BETA Technologies establishes electric aircraft facility at the Springfield, Ohio Airport, bringing advanced battery tech and ...

Wilbur and Orville Wright are heroes to aviation fans; Tom Hanks is a hero to everyone else. It makes all kinds of sense, then, for the latter to be helping shepherd the former to the small screen in ...

Object Details Summary This plaque commemorates two of humankind's greatest flight achievements: the first powered, controlled flight of the Wright brothers in December 1903 and the first human lunar ...

The Wright brothers designed and constructed the world's first practical fixed-pitch propeller and developed the aerodynamic theory to calculate its performance during the process of creating their ...

The 1905 Wright Flyer III has been named Ohio's official state aircraft. Here's why it's important to the Buckeye State, and aviation at large.

Long before jets streaked across skies and airports were built on every continent across the planet, the dream of flight was considered an impossibility by everyone except for two curious brothers ...

Foldable wings have played an obscure part in aviation since its earliest days when the Wright brothers used pulleys and levers to twist the trailing edges of wings. However, as planes got more ...