Count de Lambert, the first student of Wilbur Wright, attempted the English Channel crossing with a Wright Flyer but failed due to the aircraft's instability and a resulting accident. Louis Blériot ...

Today is the 121st anniversary of the first flight by the Wright Brothers in 1903. Numerous places in Dayton are critical to the history of flight and wonderful places to visit on the anniversary of ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ASHEBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — At the beginning of ...

The N.C. Transportation Museum is home to a full-size replica Wright Flyer. Museum educator Tyler Trahan tells us how the 1903 flight by the Wright Brothers differed from others who had tried to make ...

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 ...

The Dayton-made Wright Flyer III now just needs governor approval to become the official state airplane of Ohio, following Wednesday’s 85-0 House vote on Senate Bill 24. The Flyer III, designed and ...

On Dec. 17, 1903, Orville Wright traveled 120 feet in his flying machine of ash, spruce and muslin, staying aloft for 12 seconds. That same day, Wilbur Wright piloted the plane with its four-cylinder ...

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