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  • Wright Flyer Readied for North Carolina Flights

    10/09/2003 7:48:29 PM PDT · by TaxRelief · 9 replies · 191+ views
    WRAL.com-News ^ | Oct. 9, 2003 | Associated Press
    <p>DAYTON, Ohio -- A Dayton, Ohio-built Wright Flyer could take off for the first time in a century Thursday on the North Carolina coast. A replica of the airplane in which Orville and Wilbur Wright made their historic flight has completed a tour and is ready for testing at an airfield north of Kitty Hawk. The Wright Brothers Aeroplane Company built the double-decker plane in Dayton. The group led by Nick Engler plans to re-enact the first flight today and tomorrow. They'll launch the craft from a wooden rail.</p>