Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jun. 23—A bronze statue of Harry Toulmin has stood eight feet tall for 18 years across Main Street from Springfield's Bushnell ...

Orville and Wilbur Wright's original 1903 Flyer made history. But it took them another two years, among crashes and technical glitches, to create the first truly practical airplane. Orville Wright ...

For more than a century, Ohio and North Carolina have shared a friendly debate over the Wright Brothers. Ohio calls itself “The Birthplace of Aviation.” North Carolina claims “First in Flight.” But ...

Preface: The Wright myth -- Part 1: Preflight. The biographer, 1942 ; The letter, 1948 ; The murderer, 1884 ; Steam bugs, 1896 ; Typhoid, 1896 ; Inventors, 1900 ...

KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. — 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 ...

Wilbur Wright, along with his brother Orville, gained worldwide fame by designing, building and flying the first successful airplane. Their contributions to aviation remain unmatched. Wilbur Wright ...

The Franklin Institute has said a wealthy scion, long vilified for refusing to serve during World War I, gave them a treasured Wright-built plane. His family is challenging that account. By Graham ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. When the younger of your two authors headed to North Carolina for college, it was hard to escape the ...

Welcome back, readers! It's time for another installment of I Never Knew That, our video series highlighting the famous—and infamous—figures profiled on Biography.com. For this episode, editor Tyler ...

The Prefatory Note states: "This statement represents an attempt on the part of the Smithsonian Institution to clarify an unfortunate controversy, and to correct errors where errors have been made, in ...