It was 121 years ago Tuesday that Wilbur and Orville Wright etched their names in history and embarked on the first flight in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. They were the first to demonstrate ...

Younger brother Orville, who "was always very optimistic," as their grand-nephew, Wick Wright, tells THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, finally coaxed Wilbur out of the house and into his printing business.

Not Wilbur and Orville Wright. The brothers rose and dressed in suits, stiff collared shirts, ties, and caps. They rolled their flying machine—a homemade apparatus of spruce, ash, and muslin—to a ...

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 helped ...

The National Park Service says the Wright Brothers National Memorial will waive entrance fees for eight days in 2025. Wilbur and Orville Wright’s dream of flight brought them to Kitty Hawk ...

Wilbur and Orville Wright are famous for pioneering the first motor-powered aeroplane in 1903, but a lot of their success is owed to the support of their lesser-known younger sister. Katharine ...

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 ...

The memorial, which was first opened in 1932, highlights the location where brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright spent years to create the world’s first heavier than air, powered controlled flight.