The notion of a cockpit-less plane sounds bizarre now, but at the time, the periscope concept was seen as a viable idea.

He may be the greatest sports imposter ever. Could he pull off racing around one of the sport's great tracks? Here is his ...

April 22 is Earth Day, and Google has devoted its iconic Doodle design to displaying aerial images from its Google Earth ...

Swann Galleries will present A Singular History of Photography: 100 Works from the Stephen White Collection in the spring Fine Photographs auction on Thursday, April 27. A Ben Franklin signed document ...

Japan’s first flight closely followed America’s, inspired by the Wright Brothers’ groundbreaking achievement. Many nations, including Japan, were either developing similar innovations or eager to ...

They were also enchanted by the work of Otto Lilienthal, a German pioneer who conducted various gliding experiments that demonstrated the feasibility of heavier-than-air flight. Eventually, the Wright ...

Ever since the Wright Brothers took to the skies in 1903, people have figured out a way to transform aircraft into weapons. Powered flight ultimately gave the world the first fighter aircraft in ...

In one of the most famous "Twilight Zone" stories, an airline passenger looks out the window of a commercial plane and is horrified ... Even before the Wright Brothers first took off from Kitty ...

A grandniece to the pioneering Ohio brothers, Amanda Wright Lane, testified in February that the 1905 plane was "their Tesla," and represented the beginning of a human flight plan to Mars.

A massive crowd had gathered to witness a machine that promised human flight. On this day, brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright were set to demonstrate their groundbreaking invention—the Wright Flyer—to ...

In the years following the Wright Brothers’ pioneering work of establishing the principles of powered flight, aeronautical engineers were keen to exploit the new technology and develop expertise to ...

When I look at the photos accompanying Givhan’s column, my eyes are drawn ... nationalist flight of fancy?” reported that American schoolchildren are taught that the Wright brothers invented ...