The world's first flight officially took off from North Carolina’s Outer Banks on this day in history, Dec. 17, 1903. The Wright brothers were allegedly the first to successfully fly a powered and ...

The Wright Brothers National Memorial will host an event on Dec. 17 at 8:30 a.m. to celebrate the 122nd anniversary of the Wright Brothers’ first flight. The ...

History was made Wednesday, as the First Flight High School's Aviation Program unveiled the aircraft they built over the past ...

For thousands of years, humans looked up at birds and wondered what it would feel like to leave the ground. Myths spoke of ...

Before setting their sights on flight, the Wright brothers experimented with a range of mechanical pursuits. They operated a ...

We pay homage to the Wright Brothers every day on a global scale: every time someone hops in a plane for work or pleasure, they can thank Orville and Wilbur for the luxury. We wanted to celebrate ...

The remarkable story of how the duo grew to become world-changing inventors and international celebrities Carlyn Kranking - Associate Web Editor, Science The Wright Flyer is among the iconic artifacts ...

Longest glider flight, 8 years after their first powered flight. Oct. 24, 2011 — -- "For some years," wrote Wilbur Wright in 1900, "I have been afflicted with the belief that flight is possible ...

Jun. 23—A bronze statue of Harry Toulmin has stood eight feet tall for 18 years across Main Street from Springfield's Bushnell Building. But so that everyone who catches the elevator inside will know ...

Happy National Aviation Day. That's a greeting you don't hear every year, but in Cedar Rapids maybe you should. National Aviation Day was authorized by Congress to be observed the week of Aug. 19 in ...