On August 2, 1909, the U.S. Army acquired its first military aircraft, the 1909 Wright Military Flyer. Learn about its ...

Everyone knows the Wright brothers for their famous first airplane flight in 1903. But the inventor of the modern helicopter ...

The U.S. government finally agreed to take their airplane seriously, and the Wright brothers went on to design the first military planes ever built. The Wrights continued to live in Dayton.

More Orville, Wilbur Wright Flyer III 'recognized as the world's first practical airplane' The Wright Flyer III is the third version of the model that took off from the beaches of Kitty Hawk ...

Summary Model of Wright Brothers' airplane to be used in the concept model of the interior in the National Air Museum (now known as the National Air and Space Museum). Contained within Smithsonian ...

A grandniece to the pioneering Ohio brothers, Amanda Wright Lane, testified in February that the 1905 plane was "their Tesla," and represented the beginning of a human flight plan to Mars.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio has adopted the 1905 Wright Flyer III as its official state airplane. Described as Orville and Wilbur Wright’s crowning achievement, the world’s first practical fixed ...

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.