After a mysterious and lengthy disappearance, the historic patent documents for the Wright Brothers' groundbreaking flying machine have finally resurfaced and are now at home in the National Archives ...

Orville and Wilbur Wright's "flying maching" received a patent May 22, 1906. This is the second of three pages of illustrations that are part of the patent application. Wright Flyer III at Carillon ...

On this day in 1906, brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright received a patent for their flying machine.

Orville and Wilbur Wright's original 1903 Flyer made history. But it took them another two years, among crashes and technical ...

Orville and Wilbur Wright tested their flying machine that would later become the modern airplane at Kitty Hawk in North Carolina. Orville piloted the first flight and it lasted 12 seconds, traveling ...

A big change in the forecast on this Memorial Day will help to bring cooler and wetter weather around the region... RV fire in Dillard damages power lines; no injuries reported Firefighters contained ...

Previous Wright Brothers coverage above. DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – Happy Wright Brothers Day, Dayton! Exactly 122 years ago, on Dec. 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright made history with the first ...

Less than 10 years after the Wright brothers first lifted an airplane into the air at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, residents ...

The Wright brothers achieved the first powered flight in 1903. Their success stemmed from a unique focus on aircraft stability and control. Inspired by bird flight and their bicycle business ...