Root first told his readers about how the Wrights had "outstripped the world in demonstrating that a flying machine can be constructed without the use of a balloon" in the March 1, 1904 ...

When the Wright brothers finally succeeded in getting their flyer airborne, many didn’t believe they had really done it.

Rian: We're going the right way. Aunt Maya: Great. A hot air balloon was the first flying machine that could carry people. But people from all over the world had used flying for other reasons before.

Much has been said and written lately about the use of the flying machine as a destructive weapon. “Bomb” dropping has been a popular feature of recent aviation meets and enthusiastic ...

Only a model of this machine has yet been constructed, and it appears to work well. Thanks to the Emperor's munificence, it is now about to be constructed on a large scale. This is another ...

The tests are a prelude to the vehicle’s first crewed flights, scheduled for later this year, which would make it the largest battery-powered flying machine in the world – albeit one that must ...