After a mysterious and lengthy disappearance, the historic patent documents for the Wright Brothers' groundbreaking flying machine have finally resurfaced and are now at home in the National Archives ...

The beat-up manila envelope sat on a table in the National Archives office in Kansas City, Missouri. It had just been fetched from a limestone cave outside of town, and conservator Lauren Varga had ...

Orville and Wilbur Wright tested their flying machine that would later become the modern airplane at Kitty Hawk in North Carolina. Orville piloted the first flight and it lasted 12 seconds, traveling ...

The Wright Brothers and their family lived in Cedar Rapids when they were youngsters. Their father, a bishop, brought them a ...