While the Wright brothers are widely recognized as the fathers of flight, Brazilians believe the true inventor of the airplane was one of their own.

Their experience as world-class bicycle makers and engineers gave two brothers advantages that no amount of government money or scientific pedigree could match.

Whether you’re from Dayton or not, we all know about the Wright brothers. But not even Orville and Wilbur could have imagined the many feats of greatness spurred by the invention of flight ...

In what some historians attribute as an overdose of pride, the Wright Brothers seemed convinced their rail-launched catapult system was a far better solution for taking off than wheeled landing gears.

The Wright brothers are the obvious Dayton connection to flight. But not even the brothers could have imagined the many feats of greatness spurred by the invention of flight, especially those done ...

The Wright Brothers first took to the skies in 1903, and the first successful naval catapult launch took place just over a decade later.

The Dayton Fire Department in Ohio said that it was still investigating what caused the fire at the historic site, where the Wright brothers first manufactured planes starting in 1910.

The Wright brothers took flight for the first time the same year The New York Times published an editorial speculating it could take 1 to 10 million years to develop a successful flying machine.

The people who are said to have developed the world's first powered airplane and succeeded in manned powered flight are the American Wright Brothers. However, in Brazil, for several reasons, it is ...

While the Wright brothers are widely recognized as the fathers of flight, Brazilians believe the true inventor of the airplane was one of their own.

He said it was “preposterous” to claim that the Wright brothers’ flights didn’t count because of a catapult.