After a mysterious and lengthy disappearance, the historic patent documents for the Wright Brothers' groundbreaking flying machine have finally resurfaced and are now at home in the National Archives ...

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 solved a long-studied technical problem, but also ...

First Flight Society celebrates Wilbur Wright's birthday in Kitty Hawk, raising over $7,000 to support aviation education ...

Today, Wilbur and Orville Wright are as synonymous with the first to achieve powered flight as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin are with the first to walk on the moon. But it wasn’t always so. In a four ...

Orville and Wilbur Wright flew their 1903 Wright Flyer 120 feet in the air more than a century ago today. In 1963, a House Joint Resolution passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate ...

On a cold and windy morning 115 years ago today, Wilbur and Orville Wright changed history. Starting at 10:35 a.m. on Dec. 17, 1903, they each made two controlled, sustained flights on a powered, ...

It's the only airplane in the country to be designated as a National Historic Landmark, and now the Wright Flyer III is about to become Ohio's official state airplane. Ohio state lawmakers, while ...

A historic complex housing a former airplane factory founded by the Wright Brothers in Dayton, Ohio, was damaged in an early Sunday morning fire. Fire crews were on the scene by 2:30 a.m. and found ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — A local university named after the famous brothers honors their namesake on Thursday. The history of Wilbur and Orville Wright is alive and well in the students, staff and ...