On December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright became the first to make a controlled and sustained flight in a power-driven ... describes the Wrights' 1903 Flyer, including how they used the ...

They were the first to accomplish sustained, heavier-than-air, powered flight. An often-forgotten monumental leap in aviation ...

He bought two Wright Flyers. When the London Daily Mail offered a 1,000-pound prize—nearly $200,000 today—for the first ...

At half past ten on the morning of December 17, 1903, the Wright Flyer I went airborne four miles ... a towering figure in ...

We know flight is possible and we know the extraordinary places it can take us. Yet, before the Wright brothers lifted their 1903 Flyer off the ground, there was uncertainty, as there is now with ...

The Wright Flyer, the first human-crewed plane ... On its fourth and final flight, when hauling the plane back up the dunes, a strong gust of wind caught it, flipping it over several times.

The Wright B Flyer Museum in Dayton is investigating the forced emergency landing of a Wright B Flyer replica after an in-flight engine malfunction, museum leaders confirmed Friday. The incident ...

flying their "Wright Flyer" at Kill Devil Hills, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, achieve the first powered, heavier-than-air, controlled and sustained flight with a pilot on board. The "Wright ...

Self-flying planes are also on the horizon, with several companies and institutions with North Carolina ties working on several variations of autonomous flight. Part of the Wright Flyer made its ...

On December 17, 1903, the Wright brothers flew their "Flyer" four times, with their longest flight lasting 59 seconds and covering 852 feet. With these flights, they became the first to ...