At the center of the story and the heart of the gallery is the original 1903 Wright Flyer, one of the most iconic artifacts in the Smithsonian’s collection. National Air and Space Museum Fabric, ...

“Present-day Ohio engineering ingenuity was a part of that Ingenuity mission. Why wouldn't we adopt the Wright Flyer III as an inspiring symbol of the genesis of human flight?” she said. “Ohioans ...

In 1903, U.S. schoolchildren are taught, the Wright brothers piloted their Wright Flyer into the air in Kitty Hawk, N.C., and soared into the history books. Brazilians hear a different story ...

Among the signature Smithsonian objects that hundreds of millions of visitors have come to experience in person is the original 1903 Wright Flyer, the actual airplane that made those historic ...