Wright 1903 Flyer Reproduction - Seattle, WA
N 47° 31.091 W 122° 17.800
10T E 552952 N 5262990
One of many static aircraft displays located at the Museum of Flight at King County International Airport. Admission fees apply.
Waymark Code: WMVGJR
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 04/16/2017
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Located at the Museum of Flight are a large number of static aircraft on display. One of them is a Lockheed YO-3A Quiet Star. The Museum of Flight website contains a
page devoted to this aircraft and it reads:
A group of 1903 Wright Flyers were built by The Wright Experience of Warrenton, Virginia. The company's goal was to create the most authentic Flyer reproductions ever made. The first aircraft to be finished was wind tunnel tested at NASA/Langley and toured the country as part of a traveling exhibit celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers' first flight.
One hundred years to the day after the Wright's history-making take off, the reproduction was returned to Kitty Hawk, in an attempt to re-enact the first flight. The day was rainy and unusually calm, and the Flyer failed to make it into the air as 35,000 spectators looked on.
The Museum of Flight's aircraft is the third and last extremely detailed and very authentic 1903 Flyers to be built by The Wright Experience and is powered by a 4-cylinder, water-cooled 12-horsepower engine.