He was an aviation pioneer, the father of controlled flight, the subject of a Glenn Ford movie, and yet most outside ...

Who invented the first successful airplane depends on how people define an aircraft, Paone said. Wilbur and Orville Wright, colloquially known as the Wright Brothers, are credited with flying the ...

Once the Wright Brothers had invented a practical and consistently flyable machine (what we now call an airplane) in 1903, ...

Fighter jets are some of the most advanced weapon platforms ever devised. Here are some of the coolest high-tech features ...

Strategic jet bombers are used to deliver nuclear and conventional ordnance to all parts of the world. These are the ones ...

After several years of experimentation, the first flight was born in Kill Devil ... their restored hangar and home as well as the Wright Brothers Visitor Center, which houses exhibits detailing ...

Almost a century and a quarter have passed since the Wright brothers made their first flight at Kitty Hawk, and aviation has ...

Each year on Dec. 17, the anniversary of the Wright brothers' historic first flight, the building opens to the public. This year marks the 121st anniversary of the famous aviation milestone.

A piece of fabric from the Wright Flyer, the first powered airplane to sustain flight, will be on display at the Frontiers of ...

After all, it had been less than two decades since the Wright brothers successfully demonstrated that powered airplane flight was possible. Yet somewhat akin to the current commercial race to ...

highlights the location where brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright spent years to create the world’s first heavier than air, powered controlled flight. For more information on the memorial ...