In Depth: The Propeller
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The Challenge:

Install the finished propellers in completed aircraft for flight tests.

The propellers have been used in non-flying versions of the planes, and flight tests on a powered reproduction aircraft are scheduled for the summer of 2001.

The Wright Story: Success!
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Please visit these Wright related websites for more information
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Original Aircraft
The National Air and Space Musuem
The Franklin Institute
The Carrilon Historical Park

Reproduction Aircraft
The Experimental Aircraft Association
The Air Force Museum
The Science Museum, London
The Musée de l'Air
College Park Aviation Museum
Ft. Rucker Aviation Museum

Wright History
Wright Brothers National Memorial
Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park

Use
completed Wright Model B aircraft Model B reproduction, currently on display at the College Park Aviation Museum, College Park, Maryland.

The Wright Experience has a number of reproduction Wright aircraft currently in production, including the 1903 Flyer commissioned by the EAA for the Countdown to Kitty Hawk celebration. The work accomplished by the program set out by the propeller prospectus will aid in the construction of the propellers to be used on that plane.

The Wright Experience's work on the propellers represents not only a completed component for the aircraft, but also a significant contribution to the understanding of the Wrights' achievement.


©2001, The Wright Experience™

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