The Spirit of Glen Ellyn, the Wright Flyer reproduction we reported on last month, made its first flight at Bolingbrook, Illinois. Pilot Ken Kirincic had the honors and took the Flyer replica on a 136-foot flight, landing the fragile craft without incident. The Spirit of Glen Ellyn was the result of a four-year project by Wright Redux, founded by Tom Norton and Mark Miller and with engineering services donated by Packer Engineering. The team worked with information from Orville and Wilbur’s journals and from photographs, as well as from data derived from the original Flyer (hanging in the Smithsonian’s Air & Space Museum). Following a series of demonstration flights this fall, the Spirit of Glen Ellyn will be donated to Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry, where it will be on permanent display.
First Wright Replica Flies
Key Takeaways:
- The "Spirit of Glen Ellyn," a reproduction of the Wright Flyer, successfully completed its inaugural 136-foot flight in Bolingbrook, Illinois.
- The four-year project by Wright Redux meticulously recreated the aircraft using historical journals, photographs, and data from the original Flyer.
- Following a series of demonstration flights, the replica will be permanently displayed at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.
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