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Old December 20th 03, 03:24 PM
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"Emmanuel Gustin" wrote:


In fact the reconstruction attempt may be surprisingly
accurate. On 16 December 1903 the first flying attempt
failed under very similar circumstances -- the aircraft,
with Wilbur on the controls, stalled because the angle
of incidence became too high, and was slightly
damaged in a hard landing. It was repaired to fly on
the next day.


Small nit..I assume you mean 'angle of attack'?...angle of
incidence is something else again of course.
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-Gord.