Charles Mallory claimed that this ungainly contraption carried him through the air for a distance of eighty feet although, conveniently, there were no other witnesses. Ohio license plates proclaim the ...
The Wright brothers took flight for the first time the same year The New York Times published an editorial speculating it could take 1 to 10 million years to develop a successful flying machine. The ...
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On a recent trip to Dayton, I spent the day visiting some of its many Wright brothers sites. Despite being less than an hour away, Dayton is typically out of my purview for local history. But it ...
Bruce Koehler (left), maintenance coordinator for The Renaissance Group, and Donnie Pliester, a seasonal Renaissance worker, guide The Gazette/KCRG’s Fly Wright plane sculpture onto a forklift in ...
On Dec. 17, 1903, Orville Wright traveled 120 feet in his flying machine of ash, spruce and muslin, staying aloft for 12 seconds. That same day, Wilbur Wright piloted the plane with its four-cylinder ...