SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Faulty welding caused engine failure that led to the 2011 crash of a Wright Brothers biplane replica that killed two volunteer pilots, federal investigators said in a report ...

The N.C. Transportation Museum is home to a full-size replica Wright Flyer. Museum educator Tyler Trahan tells us how the 1903 flight by the Wright Brothers differed from others who had tried to make ...

Count de Lambert, the first student of Wilbur Wright, attempted the English Channel crossing with a Wright Flyer but failed due to the aircraft's instability and a resulting accident. Louis Blériot ...

One of the world’s most famous photographs serves to commemorate the Wright brothers’ airplane on its 1st powered flight on December 17, 1903. Image via John T. Daniels/ Wikipedia (public domain). I ...

The Dayton-made Wright Flyer III now just needs governor approval to become the official state airplane of Ohio, following Wednesday’s 85-0 House vote on Senate Bill 24. The Flyer III, designed and ...

Without the benefit of hindsight to guide their way, the Wright Flyer I managed to be a pretty rotten flying machine. It was indeed planet Earth's first heavier-than-air, human-crewed aircraft to fly, ...