Maybe the first model flying machine you had was a paper airplane. There’s some debate ... Langley and Alberto Santos-Dumont. Even the Wright brothers used paper models in the wind tunnel.

A close-up of the 1911 glider, which Orville used in experiments at Kitty Hawk. His diary entry for October 18, 1911, reads: “Made several glides. In last one, machine turned around in spite of ...

Six years after Wilbur Wright wowed the crowds at LeMans, Henri Salmet pilots his Blériot XI-2, The Daily Mail, along the scenic beaches of Nice in 1914. Though by that time airplanes were ...

Subaru is most widely known for making automobiles, but the company's roots in aviation are deep. In fact, they stretch back ...

Orville and Wilbur Wright were inspired by Otto Lilienthal ... To make a self-powered airplane, they needed to develop a very light gasoline engine and an appropriate propellor.

Almost as astonishing as the fact that a pair of bicycle shop owners invented the airplane is the fact ... For one thing, the Wright Brothers were publicity shy and fiercely secretive about ...

Who invented the first successful airplane depends on how people define an aircraft, Paone said. Wilbur and Orville Wright, colloquially known as the Wright Brothers, are credited with flying the ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio has adopted the 1905 Wright Flyer III as its official state airplane. Described as ... A grandniece to the pioneering Ohio brothers, Amanda Wright Lane, testified in ...

Did you know that Wilbur and Orville Wright, two brothers from Dayton were the first ... and the majority of the parts used in the first successful airplane were constructed there.

PETRÓPOLIS, Brazil — Who invented the airplane? Questions don’t get much simpler. But in Brazil and the United States, the answer you’ll get isn’t likely to be the same. In 1903, U.S ...