There are a handful of artifacts in the Smithsonian Institution that I call “signature Smithsonian objects.” One-of-a-kind objects, intimately associated with the Smithsonian, that visitors ...

The invention of the airplane by Wilbur and Orville Wright is one of the great stories in American history. The Wright brothers’ invention not only solved a long-studied technical problem, but helped ...

PETRÓPOLIS, Brazil — Who invented the airplane? Questions don’t get much simpler. But in Brazil and the United States, the answer you’ll get isn’t likely to be the same. In 1903, U.S ...

The Wright brothers' 1903 flight changed aviation, demonstrating that powered flight was possible. Their inventions opened the groundwork for contemporary aviation, sound barrier breakthroughs ...

The people who are said to have developed the world's first powered airplane and succeeded in manned powered flight are the American Wright Brothers. However, in Brazil, for several reasons ...

He spoke to Associate Editor Diane Tedeschi in March about his latest biography, The Wright Brothers ... era when people were making things and new inventions were coming on the market all ...

The Wright brothers went in a completely different ... That's the way they stepped toward the invention of the airplane. NOVA: What does December 17, 1903, represent for you?

the French realized the Wright brothers had moved far beyond other aviators. Once the Wrights had successfully marketed their invention, they returned to Ohio to manufacture airplanes. Orville ...