Why Wilbur Wright Deserves the Bulk of the Credit for the First Flight A new book advances a controversial theory about the singular contribution that went into the brothers’ pioneering achievement ...

Wright-Dunbar Day is coming up this Sunday, and to celebrate, there will be a fun block party. Wright-Dunbar Day honors four ...

According to David McCullough's 2015 book The Wright Brothers, the incident took place on a small frozen lake near Dayton, Ohio in the winter between 1885 and '86.

He examines how the myth of the Wright brothers was born when Wilbur Wright died young and left his brother to write their history with his personal friend John C. Kelly. The author notes the peculiar ...

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Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, made its way into the history books 119 years ago. ... Wilbur and Orville Wright, Ohio natives, spent years experimenting and building gliders.

On Dec. 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright conducted the first successful manned, powered airplane flights near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.