These French cards, archived at the Library of Congress, were produced sometime between 1890 and 1900. Most of the cards illustrate important feats from ballooning history between 1795-1846, while ...
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 ...
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 ...