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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. Answering the obvious question - why? by Brento · · Score: 2, Redundant

    They're trying to build a version to fly at Kitty Hawk for the centennial celebration of the original flight, December 17th 1903.

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