Wright flyer crashed at Huffman Prairie, Dayton, OH

dmccormack said:
An "idiot?"

That's a bit harsh.

FWIW, this isn't rec.aviation.*

Introduce yourself and be civil.
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You haven't read the other posts today from our new citizen yet, apparently. Not sure he/she knows how, but at least his/her name "fits". :rofl:
 
doesntplaywellwithothers said:
You guys are all high and mighty. In the classified section under need multi time a guy admitts flying past Angel Flights in a twin with one engine in his words," way over TBO." And I am bad?
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One of us read the post wrong. I thought he was going to fly the angel flight after his engine was overhauled.
 
jesse said:
Lance is a very safe pilot and conservative airplane owner. Please check your attitude and review our Rules of Conduct. A certain level of civility is expected.
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Agreed. Keep the banhammer at the ready jesse :D
 
To bring this back on course...
Dusenberry, a licensed pilot, has made many dozens of successful flights in the Wright Flyer III, including a number of reenactment events. He walked away uninjured from a minor crash on Oct. 5, 2007, during a re-enactment at Huffman Prairie. At the time he said “as you learn to fly the airplane there will be incidents and there will be accidents; some small, some larger
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I guess this was one of the larger ones. I've heard that the earlier Wright planes were very tricky to fly.
 
Cap'n Jack said:
To bring this back on course...

I guess this was one of the larger ones. I've heard that the earlier Wright planes were very tricky to fly.
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From what I've read they were extremely unstable in pitch and flown only a few knots above stall. It's amazing that the Wrights were able to teach themselves how to fly in such a difficult machine.
 
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