Wright Brothers
Thanks to Wright Brothers, we can travel by air. Yes, it was the Wright Brothers who invented the air plane. Read on to find out more about this duo who changed the face of methods of traveling.
Wright Flyer Replica Fails to Take Off
The original Wright Flyer got off the ground for 12 seconds and flew for barely 35 metres. But this was still 12 seconds and 35 metres more than an exact replica managed yesterday, during initial attempts to re-enact the Wright brothers' feat. Determined to mark the centenary of the first...
A Weapon With Wings
The centenary of the Wright brothers' flight should be a day of international mourning. They will probably be commemorating the wrong people in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, tomorrow.
100 years on, science still can't get Kitty Hawk to fly
They transformed the course of the twentieth century and are regarded as heroic pioneers of the aviation age. But the Wright brothers were more than just gifted engineers, it turns out.