Although many think that the Wright brothers were the first men to attempt air flight in the United States, quite 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 ...

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 ...

More than a century ago, a man named John T. Daniels photographed the most iconic moment in aviation history, when he captured the Wright brothers' first flight in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.

In celebration of the anniversary of the Wilbur and Orville Wright's historic first flight in 1903, this fast-paced webcast gives students in sixth to eighth grades an introduction to the Wright ...

Ohio has more than 1,750 historical markers noting people, events and things to know about the state’s history. Nearly 250 of those are in the nine-county Dayton region. Today, we feature the marker ...

From the Wright Brothers’ fragile first flight to supersonic jets that shattered the sound barrier — this is the story of how ...

Ben Taylor and Thad Woodard pose for a portrait near the Triangle Icon sculpture at Raleigh-Durham International Airport on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. The two men were the driving force behind the ...

Everyone wanted to be the first in the air - but only the Wright Brothers made it. From Kitty Hawk to aviation history, this ...

Rachel Feltman: Happy Monday, listeners! For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. You may have noticed we’ve been taking a bit of a break from our usual Monday news roundup to ...

Petrópolis, Brazil — Who invented the airplane? Questions don’t get much simpler. But in Brazil and the United States, the answer you’ll get isn’t likely to be the same. In 1903, U.S. schoolchildren ...