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 ...

Everything was set to go Wednesday morning. The San Diego Air & Space Museum’s exact replica of the engine that powered the Wright Brothers’ first airplane was set up outside the museum, ready to be ...

The 122th anniversary of the day the Wright Brothers made the world’s first sustained, powered flight in an airplane will be celebrated outside the San Diego Air & Space Museum on Wednesday, when ...

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122 years ago, the era of powered flight began when Orville and Wilbur Wright took their airplane into the air for the first time. KPBS reporter John Carroll says an event at the San Diego Air and ...