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.

Airliners are debuting swankier first-class options so that more travelers can fly in the lap of luxury. The new designs are the last changes for the aviation industry more than 100 years after a set ...

The 1909 Military Flyer is the centerpiece of the “Early Flight” exhibition at the National Air and Space Museum Alicia Ault - Museums Correspondent Six years after Wilbur and Orville Wright invented ...

John J. Montgomery sits at the controls of his 1911 monoplane glider, in which he flew about 50 times in Evergreen Valley in San Jose. Montgomery, a native of Sutter County, is a key California ...

Crouch, Tom D. 2003. First Flight: The Wright Brothers and the Invention of the Airplane. Washington. D.C.: National Park Service. In Handbook (United States ...

Enter the Wrights -- Prophets with some honor -- Teachers and first lessons -- Hitting a wall -- "We now hold all the records!" -- Ambiguous success -- Return to Dayton -- Into the world -- Noon into ...