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 ...

Charles F. Page received a patent for his contraption before the Wright brothers' historic flight, but the siblings filed for their patent first.

At half past ten on the morning of December 17, 1903, the Wright ... flight into long distance human flight. The achievements ...

Orville and Wilbur Wright were inspired by Otto Lilienthal ... D.C. Orville later wrote of that first motorized flight: With all the knowledge and skill acquired in thousands of flights in ...

Sunday 17 December, the First Flight Society will commemorate 120th anniversary of their accomplishment at the Wright Brothers National Memorial in North Carolina. Wright Brothers Day: 120th ...

For one thing, the Wright Brothers were publicity shy and fiercely ... less than three months after the first flight at Kitty Hawk. Root didn't witness that groundbreaking launch, but the ...

With a gentle shove, Robert Plate launched the 15-foot wooden glider and its pilot, Robert Townsend, into a light breeze on a ...

Ingenuity may allow to us relish in a moment none of us were likely alive to experience: the possibility of first flight. That’s the question that the Wright brothers perhaps pondered repeatedly ...

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 ...

Strategic jet bombers are used to deliver nuclear and conventional ordnance to all parts of the world. These are the ones operating right now.

Orville and Wilbur Wright ... flew the first plane in Kill Devil Hills, N.C. on Dec. 17, 1903. Their feat was so momentous that license plates in both North Carolina ("First In Flight") and ...

One astute forum member noted that the first record of powered flight by the Wright brothers on December 17th, 1903 lasted for 120 feet and 12 seconds. We checked it out, it's true, which means ...