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Re-Building the Wright Flyer

Posted by timothy on from the we-hope-they-wear-modern-helmets dept.

Isaac-Lew writes: "Several teams are trying to build a working replica of the first Wright Brothers' airplane." As the article says, "The catch is: Each team wants its plane to fly more or less as the Wrights' did." The only problem with that is that as Orville Wright put it, their plane was "exceedingly erratic," so the recreators have made some slight concessions to safety.

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  1. Re:Seems that they have forgotten one thing.... by mccalli · · Score: 5, Funny
    The fact is, that the Wright flyer only flew 12 seconds on that first flight, and I'm sure it didn't do it very quickly...

    Err...surely it did it in twelve seconds?

    Cheers,
    Ian