Since there were no internal combustion engines available that fit the specialized needs of an aircraft, the Wright brothers made one of their own. With the help of machinist Charlie Taylor they ...

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 ...

Page received a patent for a flying machine before the Wright brothers and prior to their first powered, sustained and controlled airplane flight has been circulating online for years. According ...

The Wright brothers may have engineered the first plane, but that has nothing on history's largest aircraft. Here's how Kitty Hawk's finest hold up against an Airbus A380, Boeing 747, and the new ...

He completed his first airplane in 1907, though it was unsuccessful. It would be Feng’s second plane—a biplane that had improved on the Wright brothers’ blueprint—that would secure his ...