Manufacturers such as Huffy, then operating as the Davis Sewing Machine Company, and the Wright Cycle Company made Dayton an ideal place for experimentation. The brothers returned to work refining ...

On December 17, 1903, near the windy dunes of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, history was made that would forever change how we look at the world and move about it. On that fateful morning, Orville and ...

Jan. 1 marks the 112th anniversary of the first commercial airline flight. It happened on a short jaunt from St. Petersburg ...

The weather today in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, is mild and cloudy. But it was quite different on a very historic day 122 years ago. On December 17 in 1903, the skies were clear, and temperatures ...

Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful flight in history of a self-propelled, heavier-than-air aircraft on ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - December 17, 1903, human flight became reality. Near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright successfully flew the world’s first powered, controlled ...

Wright brothers made the first successful flight in history. Down in North Carolina’s Outer Banks near Kitty Hawk, Orville and Wilbur Wright piloted a gas-powered, propeller-driven biplane. The plane ...

Pilots should remember and celebrate the aviation legacy of December 17 because of the Wright brothers, DC-3, and EAA.

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 ...

No pilot's license necessary, Kitty Hawk says. — -- Kitty Hawk, a Silicon-Valley startup named for the Wright Brothers' first controlled flight and backed by Google co-founder Larry Page, today ...