At times, the only thing needed to spur innovation is a little dare. Don Heide was visiting an out-of-state coworker who shared his love of radio-controlled aircraft. The man had just purchased a new ...

Paper airplanes are something that kids all over the world are familiar with. After all, they are a toy that can be made almost anywhere as all you need is a piece of paper and the ability to fold it ...

Quite a few years ago, NASA decided not to pursue an invention made by NASA Langley Research Center employee David Middleton of Yorktown. This invention provided a pilot with two parallel illuminated ...

Every day, the Federal Aviation Administration manages an average of 45,000 flights covering 29 million square miles of airspace. On average, 2.9 million people board an airliner to go somewhere in ...

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- "I thought there should be a safe way to get up and exercise while traveling on an airplane," said an inventor, from Everett, Mass., "so I invented the ...

Enter the Wrights -- Prophets with some honor -- Teachers and first lessons -- Hitting a wall -- "We now hold all the records!" -- Ambiguous success -- Return to Dayton -- Into the world -- Noon into ...

Charles F. Page was granted a patent for an airship one month before the Wright brothers received a patent for their flying machine; however, the Wrights filed for their patent before Page. Page also ...