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

History is littered with the remains of our innate desire to escape the monotony of everyday life and seek adventure. As ...

In 1903, the Wright brothers made the first sustained human flight, flying the first plane above Kitty Hawk, North Carolina for a then-impressive 12 seconds. Before that, on November 21 ...

Their Mission is that we tell the story of the Wright Brothers through community events, education, and the commemoration of the world’s very first powered flight, in Kitty Hawk, NC. More ...

Built on a swamp with a busy road going right through it, what’s now Ronald Reagan National Airport was initially lampooned ...

An inquiry with the U.S. Weather Bureau identified Kitty Hawk, North Carolina ... reproduction Wright aircraft to celebrate the first century of powered flight and to learn more about the Wright ...

Technically, the Wright Brothers made four separate flights on December 17, 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. But the first one lasted ... the fourth and final flight, lasted all of 59 seconds ...

And on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, children sledded down snow-covered sand dunes near where the Wright Brothers first took flight, while adults tried to navigate waist-high snow drifts that had ...

The Wright Brothers (Orville and Wilbur ... their research and development of the first successful, sustained powered flight.

children sledded down snow-covered sand dunes near where the Wright Brothers first took flight, while adults tried to navigate waist-high snow drifts that had piled up on the Kitty Hawk Pier.