WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio — A Wright B Flyer replica was forced to make an emergency landing Thursday afternoon when its engine caught fire, the 88th Air Base Wing said. The replica was ...
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Faulty welding caused engine failure that led to the 2011 crash of a Wright Brothers biplane replica that killed two volunteer pilots, federal investigators said in a report ...
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WASHINGTON - The Wright Flyer, the world's first successful engine-powered airplane, has come down to earth. After years on display hanging from the ceiling of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space ...
About two dozen aviation buffs are building a slightly modernized replica of the Wright Flyer with the aim of getting it off the ground at the centennial of the first flight Nestled in the corner of ...
It's the only airplane in the country to be designated as a National Historic Landmark, and now the Wright Flyer III is about to become Ohio's official state airplane. Ohio state lawmakers, while ...