The Wright Brothers' First Flight: Twelve Seconds on a Windy Beach
On a cold, windy morning in December 1903, on the sand dunes near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville Wright lay flat on the wing of a homemade machine and flew for twelve seconds. It was the first powered, controlled flight of an aeroplane, and only a handful of people saw it.
Wilbur and Orville W…
Katharine Wright, Sister of Wilbur and Orville Wright (ep. 14.13)
The Wright brothers invented the world's first powered flying machine. Sure, they were geniuses, but even geniuses need a little help. Their sister Katharine managed the bicycle business, managed the media, managed the public, and more than pulled her weight in the family.
Visit the website (herha…
And the winner is ... (plus announcements)
It's a bye-week for the podcast, but I am announcing the winner of the gift certificate giveaway for Women's History Month, 2025. Many thanks to everyone who participated!
Come back next week for regular content and the story of Katharine Wright, sister of Wilbur and Orville Wright.
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Front Page Country News for Tuesday, August 19
Happy National Potato Day! The yearly survey shows out most favorite form of potato is the French Fry, especially McDonald's(no argument here). Lay's is our favorite chip (again, no argument)...today is also National Aviation Day, which happens to fall on the birth anniversary of Orville Wright, …
Glider Record; Kirk Kilisse; Vargas Coup; Bryce Canyon Crash; Zambian Independence; Lunar Mission
A Daily Dose of History (25 Oct 2026)
Today's historical events:
Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
First Balkan War: The Battle of Kirk Kilisse concludes with a Bulgarian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
A bloodle…
Before Kitty Hawk: The Genius Behind the Wright Brothers | Part 1
Before aviation transformed transportation, warfare, commerce, exploration, and global affairs, two brothers working from a bicycle shop set out to solve a problem many believed could not be solved.
In Part One of this special two-part NucleCast Legacy Series, writer, actor, and longtime Wright bro…
From Kitty Hawk to the Cold War: The Wright Brothers’ Enduring Legacy | Part 2
In Part Two of NucleCast’s special Legacy Series on the Wright Brothers, Robert Leddy returns to explore what happened after Wilbur and Orville Wright solved one of humanity’s greatest technological challenges, and how their breakthrough helped reshape the century that followed.
The conversation ex…
Early History of the Airplane-Orville Wright, Wilbur Wright
Early History of the Airplane by Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright.The Brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air flight, on 17th December 1903. They were not the first to build and fly aircraft, but they invented the controls that were neces…
Early History of the Airplane-Orville Wright, Wilbur Wright
Early History of the Airplane by Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright.The Brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air flight, on 17th December 1903. They were not the first to build and fly aircraft, but they invented the controls that were neces…
Ohio: Dayton - Chasing the Wright Brothers
How do two bicycle mechanics from Dayton change the world, and inspire a book club field trip more than a century later?
Jill is joined by her longtime friend Nina Vasiliu, whose mom turned her neighborhood book club reading of David McCullough’s The Wright Brothers into a full-day journey thro…
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