“There is no doubt,” said Marion Weckerle, the aircraft collections manager at France’s Air and Space Museum, “that the Wright brothers flew before Santos Dumont.” On a recent overcast ...

Later that year, when Wilbur finally made his demonstration flight around a racetrack in France before a small crowd of spectators, the French realized the Wright brothers had moved far beyond ...

Wilbur Wright flying an airplane over the fields of France in 1908. His performance and Orville’s later equally dramatic time trials at Fort Myer, Virginia, were the brothers’ first official ...

McCullough: Well, they might have done something in France, but I doubt it ... Do you think fame was a burden for the Wright brothers in the way that it was for Charles Lindbergh?

A historic downtown Dayton business was in the news this week when it was announced that Requarth Lumber is in the process of being sold.

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.

Later that year, when Wilbur finally made his demonstration flight around a racetrack in France before a small crowd of spectators, the French realized the Wright brothers had moved far beyond ...