the rudder in a modern plane is located in the tail section. Since there were no internal combustion engines available that fit the specialized needs of an aircraft, the Wright brothers made one ...

The Wright brothers may have engineered the first plane, but that has nothing on history's largest aircraft. Here's how Kitty Hawk's finest hold up against an Airbus A380, Boeing 747, and the new ...

Once they had solved the problem of controlled flight by adding a moveable rudder, the Wright Brothers, with the assistance of machinist Charles Taylor, designed and build a 12-horsepower internal ...

The brothers had ... Orville Wright sent a telegram to his father:— "Misjudgment at start reduced flight to hundred and twelve. Power and control ample. Rudder only injured.

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — An early morning fire damaged a commercial building complex housing an historic airplane factory founded by the Wright Brothers in Ohio on Sunday, authorities said.