Wed Aug 25, 2010 12:06 am
http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675 ... -in-flightThe aircraft is Wright Model B #27, the machine that Rogers was killed in at Long Beach, CA after his famous flight across the US in the Vin Fizz. Anybody know if the buildings are still there?
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Wed Aug 25, 2010 10:09 am
That is a great clip. While looking at it, I noticed an even MORE interesting film clip of a 1928 , 25th Anniversary of the Wright flight, that shows an early full-size "replica" of a Wright plane with VERY large ailerons ( instead of wing warping) on both upper and lower wings.
http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675 ... t-controls
Wed Aug 25, 2010 12:01 pm
Intially, I thought he was going to takeoff downind, but he did do it properly into the wind. The guy in the white shirt wanted a good view and might have become a casualty if Cal hadn't pulled up in time to avoid the shrubbery.
Wed Aug 25, 2010 1:50 pm
barnbstormer wrote:That is a great clip. While looking at it, I noticed an even MORE interesting film clip of a 1928 , 25th Anniversary of the Wright flight, that shows an early full-size "replica" of a Wright plane with VERY large ailerons ( instead of wing warping) on both upper and lower wings.
http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675 ... t-controls
I don't know about more interesting, but that one is actually an original but modified Wright Model B that is now in the USAFM. The last time it flew was 1924 apparently.
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