On Thursday, November 20, 2003, the reproduction of the Wright 1903 Flyer built by Ken Hyde’s The Wright Experience, flew at Kitty Hawk for about 5 seconds. This was followed by a second flight on Tuesday, November 25, with a very short flight of about 1 second, and on Thursday December, 3 with a 4 second flight. Total flight time for these three flights was about 10 seconds. The first and last flights were about 100 feet each. Thus, even though the flight attempt on December 17 was not successful, this aircraft did fly and was controllable as demonstrated on the first and third flights. The second flight apparently lifted off in a high speed condition due to a gust – its flight path almost exactly duplicated Wilbur Wright’s flight on December 14, 1903.

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