The 110-year-old patent file for the Wright Brothers' revolutionary 'flying machine' has been rediscovered 36 years after it disappeared. It was last seen in 1980 when it was returned to the National ...

It's no coincidence that some of the key figures at one of the nation's most innovative research and development laboratories were once kite surfers. They're anything but risk-averse, and have ...

For the first time, 100 machines invented by the acclaimed Italian Renaissance-era mastermind have been brought to life using plans he drew himself Leonardo da Vinci's 500-year-old designs of a ...

And you can see them there still, on public display in a hangar, a reminder of his work in developing a flying machine which combined elements of helicopter and aircraft. Our thanks go to Ciara Harper ...

NARRATOR (JACK FORTUNE): One hundred years ago, the entire course of human history was transformed by one of the greatest inventions of all time. Powered flight. From the Wright brothers first flight ...

Xiaoxiao Xu photographed amateur aeronauts building their own aircraft in backyards and sheds. She tells Fiona Macdonald how she was inspired by farmers with dreams of taking to the sky. “All over the ...

NARRATOR (JACK FORTUNE): One hundred years ago, the entire course of human history was transformed by one of the greatest inventions of all time. Powered flight. From the Wright brothers first flight ...

Leonardo da Vinci's 500-year-old designs of a bird-like human aeroplane and portable bridge have been brought to life in a new exhibition. Though the drawings by the famed painter have been turned ...