Orville was the born engineer, Wilbur the visionary. The brothers' partnership started after a hockey accident seriously injured 18-year-old Wilbur, leaving him in a state of depression for nearly two ...
The world's first flight officially took off from North Carolina’s Outer Banks on this day in history, Dec. 17, 1903. The Wright brothers were allegedly the first to successfully fly a powered and ...
That cold December day in 1903, a gusty north wind was blowing across the sand dunes of North Carolina’s coast. The wind blew sand into the eyes of Wilbur and Orville Wright as they moved their ...