Benjamin Franklin did fly a kite with a key to discover electricity. (Not exactly.) Wilbur and Orville Wright, the legendary brothers, together invented manned mechanical flight. To deconstruct ...

Orville Wright (seated at right, with Wilbur) wears what’s known as ... There was a (small) outcry when Orville didn't make The Art of Manliness’ list of “35 Manliest Mustaches of All ...

The invention of the airplane by Wilbur and Orville Wright is one of the great stories in American history. The Wright brothers’ invention not only solved a long-studied technical problem, but helped ...

Younger brother Orville, who "was always very optimistic," as their grand-nephew, Wick Wright, tells THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, finally coaxed Wilbur out of the house and into his printing business.

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 first to demonstrate ...

Described as Orville and Wilbur Wright's crowning achievement, the world's first practical fixed-wing aircraft made its seminal sustained flight in an Ohio cow pasture called Huffman Prairie, outside ...

Monument Ave., about the Birth of Aviation. Marker location Marker text In 1899, Wilbur and Orville Wright of Dayton built a kite to test a revolutionary flight control system, and in 1900 ...

Did you know that Wilbur and Orville Wright, two brothers from Dayton were the first people to fly a power-controlled machine in 1903? Wilbur and Orville Wright, also known as the Wright brothers ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio has adopted the 1905 Wright Flyer III as its official state airplane. Described as Orville and Wilbur Wright's crowning achievement, the world's first practical fixed ...