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But he was also the keeper of history. The Wright brothers’ story was the product of death, a friendship and a biography that would set the stage for every future chronicle. Fred C. Kelly ...
He spoke to Associate Editor Diane Tedeschi in March about his latest biography, The Wright Brothers. Air & Space: Do you think the Wrights could have accomplished what they did in another country?
This principle, which the Wright brothers called "wing warping," was a revolutionary break-through. In 1900 they built a full-size, piloted version of a box kite and tested its control mechanisms ...
On December 17, 1903, the Wright brothers flew their "Flyer" four times, with their longest flight lasting 59 seconds and covering 852 feet. With these flights, they became the first to ...
Author of “Katharine, the Wright Sister” Tracey Enerson Wood, came to Wright State University to do a reading from her book, ...
The single-engine plane – crashed into the woods close to the Wright Brothers National Memorial’s First Flight Airport around 5pm, according to the National Parks Service in a press release.