Topic: Wilbur Wright

The Wright brothers made it look easy when they made their flights 100 years ago in North Carolina, but doing it now with the same equipment just won't fly.

The first man on the moon Sunday paid homage to the brothers who made his historic walk possible.

Today is Wednesday, April 16, the 106th day of 2003 with 259 to follow.

One hundred years ago, human transportation changed forever, the change borne on wings crafted by two brothers from Dayton, Ohio.

U.S. air and space pioneers gathered in Washington Tuesday to launch a year-long commemoration of the centennial of powered human flight.

Nearly a century ago, two brothers took turns piloting their propeller-driven Wright Flyer into the air down a windswept North Carolina hill, achieving what researchers have concluded was the first controlled flight of a powered aircraft in human history.

Ninety-nine years to the day the Wright brothers first flew a powered aircraft, U.S. air and space pioneers gathered in Washington Tuesday to launch a year-long commemoration of that historic event.

A year ago on this date, U.S. officials said the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden were unknown but they believed they had destroyed his al-Qaeda terrorist network in Afghanistan. However, it became clear in a few days that hundreds of bin Laden's men were e

The weekly UPI Blast from the Past for Dec. 16-22.

Today is Tuesday, April 16, the 106th day of 2002 with 259 to follow. The moon is waxing, moving toward its first quarter.