Their machines were not capable of either sustaining themselves ... and then only after being inspired by news accounts of the Wright brothers. That brings us to the claims of Gustave Whitehead ...

and the brothers were soon hand-crafting their own. But they grew restless and Wilbur, now 30, was anxious to make his mark in the world. "The boys of the Wright family are all lacking in ...

In 1949 the Library of Congress acquired 303 glass plate negatives developed by the Wright ... brothers honed their camera skills as they documented their flight research. By 1902, they were ...

While the Wright brothers are widely recognized as the fathers of flight, Brazilians believe the true inventor of the airplane was one of their own.

But in experimenting with those gliders the Wright brothers discovered that those machines were producing roughly 20 percent less lift than their calculations had predicted. Now, these guys were ...

The Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Aerial Age explores who Wilbur and Orville Wright were, what they achieved and how they did it, and how the world first reacted to their revolutionary ...

The space agency subsequently named its air strip on Mars “Wright Brothers Field.”“Present-day Ohio engineering ingenuity was a part of that Ingenuity mission. Why wouldn’t we adopt the ...

If you flew to Outer Banks, you have the Wright Brothers to thank. In the early 1900s, Orville and Wilbur moved here from Ohio for the area's steady winds to pursue their aviation dreams.

By 1905, the Wright brothers had developed the first practical airplane and the skills to pilot it. The U.S. Army Signal Corps purchased a Wright flyer, the first practical military aircraft ...

Two people were taken to the hospital after a rollover crash Wednesday night near Wright Brothers Boulevard.According to the ...

A local small business owner is honoring a piece of Dayton history in his shop. Shane Anderson, owner of Ghostlight Coffee and Gather by Ghostlight, has on display a wing rib from a 22-year-old ...

Their Tesla': Pioneering Brothers' Wright Flyer III Is Designated Ohio's Official State Plane COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio has adopted the 1905 Wright Flyer III as its official state airplane.