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.... as expected... despite $1.2 mil invested and painstaking attention
to detail. At least the two GW No.21 replicas both flew easily. IMO,
the Wrights lucked out last century with a rail, right wind, and
warping experience. The 21st century guys trying to fly that flimsy
replica can't replicate the Wright's experience (with their own
design) nor the right conditions for the flight(s) in 1903. The GW
No.21, OTOH, took off under its own power and flew about half a mile-
in 1901. The replicas of the GW No.21 flew easily and there is little
doubt that a third aircraft with an exact replica of the
engine/powered gear mechanism would fly as well...

Rob

p.s. So much for the Wright's absurd claim that the GW No.21 could NOT
fly due to its configuration alone. They were proven wrong TWICE with
the replicas that flew in the '80s and '90s. Historically, the early
Taube which strongly resembles the GW No.21 also flew easily.