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yes there was an attempt to replicate the Wright Brothers' achievement - which unfortunately failed. you can see the Reuters report here:

Wright brothers reenactment flops in the mud

still, nothing beats the annual Birdman Rally here in Melbourne.

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Posted: 2003-12-18 03:31:07
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It's hotly contested way down here that some Kiwi called Richard Pierce was the first to fly, believe it if you want, it would be nice, but why wasn't it better documented if it really did happen.

@Masseur, I flew the Air New Zealand 737-300 simulator a few months ago as part of my engineering rating on the type, what a blast. If it was real I'm sure the landing gear would've been a bit shorter after my landing, pretty heavy, gotta love that autoland button!!
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Posted: 2003-12-18 04:35:30
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On 2003-12-18 04:35:30, Fingers wrote:
It's hotly contested way down here that some Kiwi called Richard Pierce was the first to fly, believe it if you want, it would be nice, but why wasn't it better documented if it really did happen.


perhaps because it didn't?
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Posted: 2003-12-18 04:44:03
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Free day in London ???

"100 years of Powered Flight"
Science museum, South Kensington, London.
Note,
(Absolutly NO bluekacking)
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Posted: 2003-12-18 05:01:47
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I've watched the CNN/BBC report last night about the re-enactment made to commemorate the Wright Bros. discovery of the airplane's first 12 seconds flight at Kittyhawk, North Carolina. The weather was not that cooperative-rainy indeed, lucky for the spactators to come in with their raingears. The site and protagonist donned an exact replica that transpired a 100 years back, though when it was time to let go of the plane, it runned for a couple of meters and got stuck in the mud !!! Well, anyway, the crowds expectations did not do forlorn, 'cause George W. Bush and John Travolta were just some of the honorary guests . . .

[ This Message was edited by: jojo51069 on 2003-12-18 11:44 ]
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Posted: 2003-12-18 12:38:06
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