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| Title |
What makes it Wright? |
| Personal
Name |
Mansfield, Howard |
| Publication
Title |
Air & space Smithsonian |
| Pages |
p.84-93, illus. |
| Publication
Year |
June-July 1994 |
| Language |
English |
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journal article |
| Country |
United States |
| Open
Term |
Airplanes and Flights ,Memorials |
| Volume(Issue) |
9(2) |
| Abstract |
Popular journal article on reproductions of the 1910 Wright Model B by two groups. The first group, made up of now-retired engineers from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Tom Sheetz and Charles Dempsey, built a redesigned look-alike, as they describe it themselves, which has the same dimensions as the original but has wings made of steel instead of wood and fabric, uses ailerons instead of wing warping, and is powered by a 205-horse-power Lycoming helicopter engine. Their reproduction was completed in 1982 and is now based at the Dayton General Airport where it still provides short flights to the public for entertainment. The other group--consisting of Rick Young, Ken Hyde, Greg Cone, and Andrew King--is attempting to build an exact replica which they eventually hope to fly. The article presents different views on how close to the original a reproduction should be to be considered a true reproduction. |
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