KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. — 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 ...

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 ...

Today is the 121st anniversary of the first flight by the Wright Brothers in 1903. Numerous places in Dayton are critical to the history of flight and wonderful places to visit on the anniversary of ...

KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. — The Wright Brothers National Memorial will host its annual First Flight anniversary on December 17 – the day Wilbur and Orville Wright made aviation history 121 years ago. On ...

Ohio lawmakers are trying to reel in a state fish after failing to land the walleye last year. But their effort to name a state aircraft is flying high. Senate Bill 24, naming the 1905 Wright Flyer ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This collection consists of four letters written by Armin Adolphus Kahler, an optical instrument maker residing in Washington, DC, during the time ...

Dec. 17, 1903, Orville Wright, at Kitty Hawk,* N. C., made the first airplane flight in history. His brother Wilbur who had helped him invent the motor and design the plane, watched him, nervous, ...

In the shadow of the world’s first practical airplane, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine recently celebrated with Wright family members legislation that makes the 1905 Wright Flyer the official state airplane.