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.

Midair refueling is pretty standard business these days, but like all the other milestones in flight history, someone had to ...

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

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 ...

Who was the very first person to die in a powered aviation accident? In this video i will explain the background to the very first accident but also how powered flight was inwented by the Wright ...

Wright Brothers National Memorial sits at 1000 North Croatan Highway, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. The site opens daily ...

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

Mr. Wright at first appeared nervous, and ill-luck seemed to be pursuing him. The wind was too high in the morning to permit of a flight ... to the Wright brothers. "If Germany honors Zeppelin ...

LONDON, Feb. 8.—The aeronautic world experienced a sensation this week, when it was announced that an aeroplane constructed by the Wright brothers at Dorking, a few miles out of London ...