Wright Flyer.

[Martin X. Moleski, SJ]

--On Friday, December 19, 2003 9:57 AM -0800 JOddino <JOddino at socal.rr.com> wrote:

> I was just very disappointed that they didn't get off the ground.

Me, too.

> They had to know they needed the headwind.  Why did they try anyway?

1. It was the 100th anniversary date.

2. 35,000 PAYING customers expected them to try.

3. They'd been working on the project for four (4) years.

4. Pilots are optimists.

> Your original question about cg will be evident
> when they do get off the ground.

They've been off the ground.  They know that CG
is a concern.

> What I have heard is the Wrights were more concerned about control
> than stability and perhaps they have enough control at the right
> airspeed to handle the instability for
> a short time.

Yes.  Both the Wright brothers and the Wright
Experience were interested in "proof of concept."

Both the original and the replica proved that
they could fly, however briefly.

					Marty #2874
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