On December 17, 1903, the Wright brothers flew their "Flyer" four times, with their longest flight lasting 59 seconds and covering 852 feet. To assist in making a turn, the Wrights realized that ...

Wilbur Wright at the controls of the 1903 Wright Flyer, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, December 14, 1903. NASM Even to pilots, the 1903 Wright Flyer is a mysterious bundle of wire and cables that has ...

Undoubtedly, the most important aircraft of all time was the 1903 “Wright Flyer” or “Kitty Hawk.” Developed in the opening ...

like the Wright Brothers' Wright Flyer, cannot be forgotten for the role they played. The latter, which took to the air in ...

The National Air and Space Museum is fortunate to have the artifact that inaugurated the aerial age—the 1903 Wright Flyer. The craft that hangs in the central place of honor in the Museum’s ...

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-wing ...

The Wright Flyer III featured a host of improvements to the Wright Flyer I, the plane in which the Wrights pioneered powered flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on Dec. 17, 1903. Those included a ...

On December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright became the first to make a ... This interactive feature describes the Wrights' 1903 Flyer, including how they used the plane's controls to maneuver ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — 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 ...