The Wright brothers may have engineered the first plane, but that has nothing on history's largest aircraft. Here's how Kitty Hawk's finest hold up against an Airbus A380, Boeing 747, and the new ...

120 years ago, Orville and Wilbur Wright made the breakthrough that would allow humans to reach the heavens and beyond. They achieved what no one else had until then, the first successful flight ...

With these flights, they became the first to successfully pilot a ... available that fit the specialized needs of an aircraft, the Wright brothers made one of their own. With the help of machinist ...

The invention of the airplane by Wilbur and Orville Wright is one of the great stories in American history. The Wright brothers’ invention not only ... and how the world first reacted to their ...

Page received a patent for a flying machine before the Wright brothers and prior to their first powered, sustained and controlled airplane flight has been circulating online for years. According ...

The Wright brothers conducted four flights in an ... F-117 Nighthawk: the first stealth aircraft Jumping forward several decades and skipping other great leaps in technology like the SR-71 ...

The XB-1 is a demonstrator for the future Boom Overture, which aims to be the first supersonic passenger aircraft made in the ...

Almost as astonishing as the fact that a pair of bicycle shop owners invented the airplane is the fact that the first accurate ... For one thing, the Wright Brothers were publicity shy and ...

The fabric used to make the aircraft is 100% cotton muslin ... on 17 December 1903, the Wright Brothers made the first sustained, powered and controlled flights, marking the birth of modern ...

Over 9,000 certificated pilots have received the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award in the United States. Dave Kovach joins ...