When Orville and Wilbur Wright flew at Kitty Hawk on December 17, 1903, they ignited the aeronautical equivalent of the Big Bang. Although it was not apparent at the time, their awkward-looking Flyer ...
On this day in 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright were ordinary men, not household names. For seven years, the brothers had been working toward a grand, larger-than-life invention, beginning in 1896 with ...