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A Wright brothers replica crashes during take-off
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Posted on 08/17/2003 8:27:53 AM PDT by chance33_98
A Wright brothers replica crashes during take-off
BATH (AP) -- A replica of a Wright brothers plane crashed on take-off Saturday during an air show in Bath, but the pilot wasn't seriously injured.
Dana Smith of Limerick never gained altitude and the front wheel of his plane hit a curb at the edge of a parking lot, flipping over.
It sustained moderate damage.
The 68 year old pilot says he'll have his plane flying again within a week.
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; US: Maine
KEYWORDS: flight; wrightbrothers
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To: chance33_98
Oooops!! LOL!!
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posted on
08/17/2003 8:32:56 AM PDT
by
4mycountry
(One voice, connecting with others like a water droplet on a lake. It cannot be missed.)
To: chance33_98
That ain't Wright.
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posted on
08/17/2003 8:34:37 AM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(A v v n c v l v s M a x i m v s)
To: chance33_98
Dana Smith took a Bath last night
when his model plane failed to take flight;
"I'll try, try again
"it's just a matter of when,
"I wasn't wrong, but I sure wasn't Wright!"
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posted on
08/17/2003 8:39:57 AM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(A v v n c v l v s M a x i m v s)
To: chance33_98
Any flight that can't clear a curb during takeoff is going to be a bumpy ride. That's my hunch, anyway.
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posted on
08/17/2003 8:49:09 AM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
08/17/2003 8:59:22 AM PDT
by
JOE6PAK
(Ambivalent? Well, yes and no.)
To: chance33_98
This guy apparently didn't have the Wright Stuff...
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posted on
08/17/2003 8:59:37 AM PDT
by
Chad Fairbanks
(The wages of sin are death, but by the time FICA and SSI are taken, it's just sorta tired feeling)
To: chance33_98
I knew all along that man would never fly.
To: chance33_98
I heard that the Wright Brothers figured that they'd need hundreds of practice flights on their glider before they had enough experience to fly a powered aircraft. They were amazingly thorough.
Hope this guy at least practiced on MicroSoft Flight Simulator.
To: chance33_98
To be fair, the Wright brothers never had to deal with parking lots or curbs when they tried to fly.
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posted on
08/17/2003 9:15:41 AM PDT
by
toupsie
To: toupsie
LOL!! Yep if the Wright brothers had hit a curb we would all be riding horses still! ROFL
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posted on
08/17/2003 9:38:44 AM PDT
by
mamarainsberry
(I am a duh-duh-duh democrat)
To: Dog Gone
LOL...I love your understated humor. And you are one great-lookin' Texan, even if your legs are a bit too skinny!
To: DC native
I'm thinking about getting a fat transplant.
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posted on
08/17/2003 10:17:59 AM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: toupsie
To be fair, the Wright brothers never had to deal with parking lots or curbs when they tried to fly.LOL, maybe not, but they had a lot of sand to deal with on that beach.
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posted on
08/17/2003 10:21:04 AM PDT
by
Mark17
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
That is a guaranteed crash scenario (microsoft simulator)!
Orville and Wilbur must be grinning from ear to ear in their aetherly loft!
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posted on
08/17/2003 10:23:01 AM PDT
by
joanil
To: chance33_98
A Wright brothers replica crashes during take-offBy the way, how long will it be, before the Demon Cats are asking, what did Bush know, and when did he know it?
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posted on
08/17/2003 10:23:03 AM PDT
by
Mark17
To: chance33_98
Further evidence that Weiskopf (Of Bridgeport CT)was first!!
To: joanil
Orville and Wilbur are VASTLY misunderestimated. They are probably two of the best engineers in history. The academics are reluctant to award them credit because they were self-taught.
To: chance33_98
Parking lot?
I think I see the problem...
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posted on
08/17/2003 11:02:39 AM PDT
by
Publius6961
(Californians are as dumm as a sack of rocks)
To: chance33_98
Man was not intended to fly. That Wright brothers contraption will never get airborne. You Wright brothers should stick to making bicycles.
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