In 1949 the Library of Congress acquired 303 glass plate negatives developed by the Wright brothers ... captured every detail of the flight of the world’s first airplane. The craft rode down ...

Because the Wright brothers solved the problem of sustained, controlled flight, humans soon conquered ... worked on their plans for the world’s first successful airplane was relocated to the ...

Wilbur and Orville Wright, the legendary brothers ... To him we owe that first 12 seconds of successful powered flight. Wilbur may never have applied his genius to aeronautics if it hadn ...

Ohio has adopted the 1905 Wright Flyer III as its official state airplane. Described as Orville and Wilbur Wright's crowning ...

They were the first to demonstrate sustained flight of a heavier-than-air machine under complete control of the pilot. December 17 is nationally recognized as Wright Brothers Day. The brothers ...

On December 17, 1903, the Wright brothers flew their "Flyer" four times, with their longest flight lasting 59 seconds and covering 852 feet. With these flights, they became the first to ...

While air travel incidents remain statistically rare, the accidents that do occur are often catastrophic and tragic. Here are ...

Who invented the first successful airplane depends ... kites and gliders until the Wright Brothers conducted the first flight in 1903. The brothers flew the iconic 1903 Wright Flyer on Dec ...

For one thing, the Wright Brothers ... first flights. For another, the press and the general public had a cried-wolf-too-often dismissiveness about any claims to have achieved sustained flight.

Their feat was so momentous that license plates in both North Carolina ("First In Flight") and Ohio ... a bill this year that discredits the Wright brothers. Whitehead apparently flew for 1.5 ...

Amelia Earhart furthered the perception of aviators as courageous adventurers, becoming the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932. Her disappearance in 1937 during an ...

Chris Stott is founder of Lonestar Data Holdings in St. Petersburg, a pioneering data center infrastructure and services ...