Wrights' First Flight Reenactment a D
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bq. KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. (Reuters) - An attempt to reenact the first powered human flight with a replica of the Wright Brothers wood-and-cloth biplane was a flop on Wednesday, dampening a celebration of 100 years of human flight.
bq. The replica of the Wright Flyer moved down a wooden track and its nose appeared to lift off the ground briefly before flopping back down and coming to rest in a puddle of water.
bq. The reenactment capped a weeklong First Flight festivities at the Wright Brothers National Memorial in North Carolina, where Orville Wright made his 12-second, 120-foot flight at 10:35 a.m. on Dec. 17, 1903.
Goes to show just how fragile that craft was and how lucky those two pioneers were... Fun to see what happens with the next 100 years!
Posted by DaveH at December 17, 2003 12:04 PM