This historic property offers insight into the life of Orville Wright, showcasing the legacy of one of America’s most famous ...

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 Spirit of Flight Foundation Museum marks the 122nd anniversary of the Wright Brothers' first flight with a new sandstone ...

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 ...

Over the 16 years that I have been writing about books for this newspaper I have covered a number of titles related to our most famous native sons, those inventors of powered flight, Wilbur and ...

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 ...

That cold December day in 1903, a gusty north wind was blowing across the sand dunes of North Carolina’s coast. The wind blew sand into the eyes of Wilbur and Orville Wright as they moved their ...

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 ...

March 24 (UPI) --A piece of cloth from the Wright brothers' first flight in 1903 is set to become part of aviation history again -- this time on Mars. Carillon Historical Park, the Ohio home of the ...

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 ...

Orville R. Wright Jr., 76, husband of Theresa R. (Sarro) Wright, of Spring City, died Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010, in the Phoenixville Hospital. Born in Royersford, he was the son of the late Orville R.