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Coffyn's Flying Machine : Rediscovering

Frank Coffyn's engine: Wright Vertical Four, serial number 20.
Frank Coffyn's engine: Wright Vertical Four, serial number 20

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As this process has developed, Hyde and his team have assembled a remarkablecollection of artifacts and documents to uncover the mystery of the Model B,including four original Wright engines -- including the same engine used byCoffyn in 1912 -- and the remnants of a Model B built under license by theBurgess company. They have also studied in detail the only existing Model Bin the world at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.

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