The debate over who truly invented the airplane centers on two names: the Wright brothers and Brazilian aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont. In 1906, Santos-Dumont publicly flew his 14-bis aircraft in Paris ...

When asked about her favorite item in Wright State University's massive collection of Wright brothers artifacts, Toni Vanden ...

Today, Wilbur and Orville Wright are as synonymous with the first to achieve powered flight as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin are with the first to walk on the moon. But it wasn’t always so. In a four ...

A recreation of history will soar above local skies before it takes off at other destinations worldwide. All-volunteer, nonprofit corporation Wright “B” Flyer Inc. completed its first test flight ...

On a cold and windy morning 115 years ago today, Wilbur and Orville Wright changed history. Starting at 10:35 a.m. on Dec. 17, 1903, they each made two controlled, sustained flights on a powered, ...

The Wright Brothers tend to be the only household names left from the pioneer days of aviation. 120 years of time tends to whittle down the names in history books. But maybe it's time to set the ...

A historic complex housing a former airplane factory founded by the Wright Brothers in Dayton, Ohio, was damaged in an early Sunday morning fire. Fire crews were on the scene by 2:30 a.m. and found ...

KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. — The Wright Brothers National Memorial will host its annual First Flight anniversary on December 17 – the day Wilbur and Orville Wright made aviation history 121 years ago. On ...