On Apr 1, 5:40*pm, Steve Hix wrote:
In article ,
*"Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" The Sea Hawk @See My Sig.com wrote:

"Frank" wrote in message
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Excellent historical film of a 1909 demo flight by the Wright brothers
in France, including a short segment from an on-board camera.

http://www.europafilmtreasures.eu/PY...que.htm?ID=322

Thanks for the clip! Usually I only see about 10 seconds of this
film.

FYI, the location was actually in Italy. The production company was
French. The film bio lists the date as April 24 1909, which is
consistant with what I remember from the Wright notebooks. (The actual
reference is in the McFarland text, volume 2 for you Wright Brothers
wonks.) Watch for the gentleman wearing the grey suit and straw
"boater". That's Orville. Also note when he turns that he's using a
cane and leaning on it rather heavily. This film was made only a few
months after the Ft. Myers crash.

As far as I know, there aren't any flying 1909 or Model A machines.
The 1909 was an enlarged copy of the 1905, which is currently housed
at Carollion Park in Dayton. Its about 60% original, making it the
most original Wright machine in existance. There are flying
reproductions of most other Wright models including:

1878 "bat" toy helicopter - mine
1899 kite - mine, Engler, Hyde, Smith, Young, Young, Crouch, and a few
others
1900 glider - Hyde/Young, Engler
1901 glider - Hyde/Young, Engler
1902 glider - mine, Engler (2 or more), Hyde/Young, Quigley
1903 flying machine - Kellet, Hyde/Wright Brothers Experience, Young/
VA museum of Aviation, Wright Redux, Engler
1905 flying machine - Engler & one other, can't remember who built it
but its on YouTube
Model B - Smith, Hyde, Wright B Flyer
Model EX - Smith

There may be others. Its getting had to keep track anymore.

Harry Frey
Wright Brothers Enterprises