Before they mastered the air, the Wright brothers conquered the bicycle. And there’s no better place to contemplate that mechanical connection than on Dayton, Ohio’s aviation bike trail.

Nearly 250 of those are in the nine-county Dayton region ... lasting 12 seconds. By 1905, the Wright brothers had developed the first practical airplane and the skills to pilot it.

The Wright brothers went in a completely different ... They built a wind tunnel that they ran in the bicycle shop in Dayton in the fall and early winter of 1901. “At that point, they stood ...

Dayton has made admirable efforts to preserve ... Williams St., consists of a museum and one of the Wright brothers’ bicycle shops. (The building where they worked on their plans for the world ...

Described as Orville and Wilbur Wright's crowning achievement, the world's first practical fixed-wing aircraft made its ...

A local small business owner is honoring a piece of Dayton history in his shop ... which marked the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers' historic flight. Anderson said he was gifted a ...

Steve Fennessey joined Wright Brothers Institute (WBI) over six years ago and was recently tapped as the organization’s next president. The Riverside-based organization provides breakthrough ...

Wilbur and Orville Wright, the legendary ... in a field near the family home in Dayton. Wilbur then built a glider, in his workshop above the brothers’ bicycle repair shop, and shipped it ...

Flight enthusiasts need to visit the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, where you can see the Wright brothers' bicycle shop, one of their early airplanes, and a flying field.