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The Wings of the North Air Museum will celebrate the 120th anniversary of the First Flight by opening the museum to the public for no admission charge 11 a.m. to

After several unsuccessful attempts, on Dec. 17, 1903, at Kill Devil Hills near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville Wright completed the first powered flight

Photo feature of the day, today in history, the weather forecast and local gas prices

After its historic flight in 1903, the Flyer was shipped to various museums before it came to rest in the Smithsonian Institution.

In the 120 years since the Wright brothers’ first flight, there have been many milestones in aviation—too many to list here, in fact.

Although the Wright Flyer never made it off the beach in North Carolina, parts of the first and famous powered aircraft have been to space.

To err is human and apparently AI as well.

Today, we talk about aviation spark plugs, one area where pilots and airframe and powerplant (A&P) mechanics can find common ground.

The then-Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1 in October 1957, an event that served as a metaphoric launching pad for the start of the space race. The U

Amidst rising concerns about unreliable AI — from hallucinations and disinformation to “killer robots” going rogue — how do you safety-test an algorithm? Space Force Maj. Michael O’Connor has some ideas.