Thu, Mar 20, 2003
Centennial Flyer Takes Center Stage
The
Wright Brothers Aeroplane Company of Dayton (OH) spent the day
Wednesday reassembling their Centennial Flyer, a replica of the
1903 Wright Flyer, in the Exhibit Hall at the Cincinnati Convention
Center in anticipation of today's opening of the 14th Annual Women
in Aviation Conference.
The Centennial Flyer is just one of the archeological
collections recreated by the Wright Brothers Aeroplane Company to
celebrate and educate people, especially young people, about how
the Wright Brothers finally got to a flying airplane. Nick Engler,
pilot and Director of the Wright Brothers Aeroplane Company, has
taken four years to construct a sequence of full-scale flying
replicas of the 1900, 1901 and 1902 (shown) Wright Gliders as
well as a 1903 Wright Flyer—the airplane that made the
first flight in Kitty Hawk (NC) on December 17, 1903.
"The point of aviation archeology is to discover
the processes by which these brilliant inventors succeeded in
learning to fly," says Marion Schniegenberg, Director of
Communications/Wright Brothers Aeroplane Company. "We are onsite at
the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery in Dayton, where we build the
airplanes daily, in front of people who visit the museum."
"We couldn’t be more pleased to participate in the Women
in Aviation Conference this centennial year," says Schniegenberg.
The plane is sponsored by the Dayton International Airport and the
U.S. Air & Trade Show. (The Wright Brothers Aeroplane Company
airplanes and gliders will be an anchor attraction at this
year’s Dayton International Air Show, July 17 thru 20th.)
The 14th Annual Women in Aviation Conference is being held in
Cincinnati through Saturdayor
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