The Wrights apply for patents for their flying machine in Germany and France. November 9 - Wilbur Wright flies the Wright Flyer II a distance of 3 miles near Dayton, Ohio, the first flight of longer ...

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 ...

Everyone knows how the Wright brothers invented an aircraft that took them on a first, iconic flight in 1903. What they might ...

The Wrights primarily flew the 1900 glider as a kite, with no pilot aboard, to test its performance, but they did make a few free glides with Wilbur Wright as pilot, totaling two minutes in the air.

Its owner, York man Wilbur Wright, made an appeal to the ... Mayor Tom Riel asked for a timeline. Wright said he plans to get the drawings to HARB by January. Should HARB approve, Wright will ...