WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio — A Wright B Flyer replica was forced to make an emergency landing Thursday afternoon when its engine caught fire, the 88th Air Base Wing said. The replica was ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Faulty welding caused engine failure that led to the 2011 crash of a Wright Brothers biplane replica that killed two volunteer pilots, federal investigators said in a report ...

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Previous Wright Brothers coverage above. DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – Happy Wright Brothers Day, Dayton! Exactly 122 years ago, on Dec. 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright made history with the first ...