** The Silver Bird during its first flight in
June 2011.**
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Two experienced volunteer pilots, Mitchell Cary and Don Gum, were killed when their replica Wright Model B Flyer, the "Silver Bird," crashed during a test flight in rural Ohio.
The accident occurred after the pilots reported a forced landing following engine trouble, despite the experimental aircraft having accumulated 25 "trouble-free" hours since its first flight in June.
Cary and Gum were volunteer trustees for Wright "B" Flyer Inc., a non-profit dedicated to raising awareness of aviation history, and were highly regarded for their contributions.
Two men were killed on Saturday when they made a forced landing in a replica Wright Model B Flyer in a rural Ohio field.
The men were conducting a test flight in the replica, known as the “Silver Bird,” when they made a radio call from the air alerting authorities about their impending forced landing.
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