Roth joins a distinguished group of aviation veterans who have demonstrated a lifelong commitment to flight safety, operations, and excellence.

A grandniece to the pioneering Ohio brothers, Amanda Wright Lane, testified in February that the 1905 plane was “their Tesla,” and represented the beginning of a human flight plan to Mars.

In 1903, U.S. schoolchildren are taught, the Wright brothers piloted their Wright Flyer into the air in Kitty Hawk, N.C., and soared into the history books.

He called it “preposterous” to claim the Wright brothers’ flights didn’t count because of a catapult. Navy jets, he noted, still use catapults to lift off from aircraft carriers - yet no ...

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.

Mar 26, 2025 21:00:00 In Brazil, the Wright brothers are not considered to have invented the airplane. by Dayton/Montgomery County Convention & Visitors Bureau ...

The Wright Cycle Co. shop, where the brothers made bicycles I also visited the Wright Cycle Co. complex in the West Third Street Historic District, west of downtown Dayton.

After collecting reference material from the Smithsonian and other sources, the Wright brothers began studying their predecessors. They were surprised to learn that, despite humanity’s centuries-old ...

The National Museum of the United States Air Force, adjacent to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and part of the Aviation Trail, is the world’s largest and oldest military aviation facility and ...

The aircraft catapult is another tool that has essentially been around since the dawn of human flight. The Wright brothers utilized launch equipment to get their aircraft off the ground and later ...

The fight over 'First in Flight.'Today, Wilbur and Orville Wright are as synonymous with the first to achieve powered flight as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin are with the first to walk on the ...