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Re: Beyond Kitty Hawk
Posted by AIRIC on Fri Dec 19, 2003 07:06:53 PM
In reply top Beyond Kitty Hawk posted by Gregory on Fri Dec 19, 2003 01:52:43 PM
Gregory,
Thanks for the link. Great pics and interesting event.
Eric
: The US media seem to have missed the fact that two Flyers
: did fly on December 17, 2003.
:
: The first one was Giancarlo Zanardo's reproduction, which
: took off from Guidonia airport, near Rome, at 1035 local (
: GMT +1). Giancarlo made two passes. On the second one, he
: dropped the wheels and flew along the grass runway while t
: he Italian AF aerobatic team flew over with their tricolou
: r smokes on. Impressive. T0 round off the day, the Italian
: AF Museum ran its original 1909 Wright engine, recently r
: estored by Leonardo Sordi. A very historic engine, it was
: originally fitted to the Flyer in which the first Italian
: pilot earned his wings.
: Pics are posted on the ITAF website (www.aeronautica.difes
: a.it).
:
: In France, a group of engineering students from the ESTACA
: school in Lyon got their repro off the ground for a few s
: econds. The aircraft had been displayed at the Le Bourget
: show this year, but I have scant other details.
:
: For those interested, I have a 1.2 Mb clip of the French F
: lyer doing its thing.
:
: Gregory