Most of us were taught in middle school that the Wright Brothers flew the first plane in 1903 in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

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

The possibility that someone may have flown a powered airplane before the Wright brothers is back in the news. Over the years a number of candidates have been suggested for first-flight honors.

Investigators are asking for the public’s help piecing together what happened before Saturday’s deadly airplane crash at Wright Brothers ... to data from First Flight Airport’s weather ...

In 1912 the idea of flight was still new to most people, including those who lived in Marietta. The idea that man could ...

highlights the location where brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright spent years to create the world’s first heavier than air, powered controlled flight. For more information on the memorial ...

Whether they’re opening for takeoff, spreading wide for a lazy soar or flapping to brake for landing, bird wings make flying look almost effortless.

Wright Brothers National Memorial sits at 1000 North Croatan Highway, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. The site opens daily from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., closed only on Christmas Day.

“From the Wright brothers’ first flight to Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the moon, Ohioans have always led the way in aerospace” said U.S. Rep. Troy Balderson, R-Zanesville. “Boeing ...

For over half a century Brinchman continued the quest of her father, to place Gustave Whitehead in his rightful place, that of First in Flight, before the Wright brothers. It is clear from the ...