You might have noticed the metal rods that airplanes have on their wings, but do the pieces have a name? What are they for ...

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 ...

That's the way they stepped toward the invention of the airplane. NOVA: What does December 17, 1903, represent for you? Crouch: There aren't many days when history really changes, but December 17 ...

An artist’s rendering of the newly redesigned Wright Brothers & the Invention of the Aerial Age gallery. But there is more to the Wright exhibition than seeing the first airplane to fly.

When airplanes first flew ... Wright Brothers & the Invention of the Aerial Age is made possible by the generous support of David M. Rubenstein and Frederick and Barbara Clark Telling.

Almost as astonishing as the fact that a pair of bicycle shop owners invented the airplane is the fact that the first accurate reporting about some of their earliest powered flights appeared not ...

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 ...