You won't fly cross country in a Wright Brothers plane. But their invention and discovery more than 100 years ago launched ...

The Wright Flyer, which made the world's first sustained, controlled heavier-than-air flight on December 17, 1903, at Kitty Hawk, ushered in the Age of Flight with a host of innovations.

The logline for “Flyer” reads: “Bicycle mechanics Orville and Wilbur Wright leave their shop behind to head for the windy hills of Kitty Hawk in pursuit of their dream of becoming the first ...

A phalanx of employees spent the day training 50 people to pilot its flagship vehicle, a single-seat eVTOL called Flyer, across the 320-acre reservoir in Nevada. The Federal Aviation ...

Orville and Wilbur Wright of Dayton, Ohio, flying their "Wright Flyer" at Kill Devil Hills, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, achieve the first powered, heavier-than-air, controlled and sustained ...

As most drivers know, the state honors their "First in Flight" accomplishment on their license plates with a sketch of the brothers' experimental aircraft, called the "Wright Flyer." Orville ...

powered airplane flights near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, using their experimental craft, the Wright Flyer. Advertisement Article continues below this ad Also on this date: In 1933, in the ...

On December 17, 1903, in Kitty Hawk, the Wright brothers made the first ... programs and demos with a replica of the 1903 Wright Flyer. Watch related coverage: Kites soar at 46th annual "Wright ...

Orville Wright took the 1903 Wright Flyer into the air at 10:35 a.m. with ... the site of that first flight is now a national memorial in Kitty Hawk, N.C. In a 2024 proclamation marking Wright ...