The U.S. Patent Office's blueprint for Charles Frederick Page's airship. Page applied for the patent in 1903 and received it in 1906. The patent was granted months before the Wright Brothers received ...

SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Air & Space Museum celebrated a major milestone in American history this weekend. On Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023, the San Diego Air & Space Museum ran an exact replica of the ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The first flight on December 17, 1903 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — History was made on ...

While Holgreve helped to build some of the world’s first flying machines, another Ohio woman was essential to ensuring the planes would truly take off: the Wright brothers’ kid sister, Katharine. “She ...

Peter Jakab discusses the 1903 Wright Flyer in this informal gallery talk recorded on June 17, 2009 as part of the "Ask an Expert" lecture series. On December 17, 1903, The Wright brothers inaugurated ...

The Winds of Kitty Hawk is a 1978 historical drama film directed by E.W. Swackhamer. It follows the story of the Wright brothers who built the first ever plane to take flight. It focuses on the ...

The news that the aircraft carriers USS Kitty Hawk and USS John F. Kennedy were each sold for one cent felt like an insult to many veterans and ship lovers. These were once flagships and icons of ...

REUTERS - The bike mechanic who designed and built the lightweight aluminum engine for Orville and Wilbur Wright's first powered aircraft was honoured this week with a bronze bust at an aviation ...