Will Wright Replica Fly- Who Knows???

http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pb.../APN/312130537

Rob

p.s. At least the GW No.21 replicas built by two different historical
societies, in two different nations, at two different times, with two
different pilots (one of which was a Luftwaffe pilot) flew easily.
That flies (no pun intended) directly in the face of the Wright's
historic claim that the GW No.21 was IMPOSSIBLE to fly just by it's
configuration alone. Two have flown successfully and it is not
important that the exact engines be reproduced to induce flight. Two
10hp engines were sufficient enough and both machines took off under
their own power, not LAUNCHED into the air.
The Wright replica, OTOH, has been painstakingly replicated with more
historical information available and NASA research. It has crashed
already and no one knows if it will fly on the anniversary date.