Orville Wright takes to the air at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in the world’s first powered, controlled, sustained flight, on December 17, 1903. His brother Wilbur (on the ground, right ...

On December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright became the first to make a controlled and sustained flight in a power-driven, heavier-than-air craft. Though not formerly trained in the field of ...

It was 121 years ago Tuesday that Wilbur and Orville Wright etched their names in history and embarked on the first flight in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. They were the first to demonstrate ...

Earlier that morning, Orville Wright had set up the camera on ... it captured every detail of the flight of the world’s first airplane. The craft rode down the 60-foot monorail track (A) on ...