"Mike" wrote in message
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Wright replica fails to get off the ground
One hundred years to the day after Orville and Wilbur Wright soared
into history on man's first powered flight, modern-day aviators sought
to duplicate the feat, with a little help from 21st-century technology
and supercomputers. They flopped badly.

I'm not sure what "21st century technology" or super computers they
thought was used. Most of the technology was in figuring out exactly
what the original materials/design/construction was. From there it
was pretty much the same methodology the writes used (except for
things like battery operated drills).

Actually, it was only Wednesday's reenactment that failed, first due to
an engine problem and then to the weather that prevented a second try.
They had flown the craft in Novemenber.