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The Wright Flyer (Replica)

January 11, 2018 by CAM_Admin

The Wright Flyer was developed as a result of years of research. It was the first piloted, heavier-than-air craft to obtain sustained, controlled flight. Designed by Orville and Wilbur Wright, it flew for the first time in 1903 near Kill Devil Hills at Kitty Hawk, NC. The Aircraft flew 4 times, ranging in duration from 12 seconds to 59 seconds and a distance of over 850 feet. The Wright Brothers were testing an idea while learning to fly powered aircraft at the same time. Repairs had to be made after each “trial” flight, but before repairs could be made after the last flight, high wind gusts flipped the aircraft, destroying it beyond repair.

Although it made only 4 flights, the aircraft and the two bicycle repairmen who designed, built, and flew it, opened a new chapter in history that changed the world.

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