In case you think you've missed this incredible opportunity
to see all three gliders in the same place at the same time, well, don't
sweat it. We're going to get them all together on at least three occasions
in the coming year.
- October 5 through 8, 2002
-- And, of course, we'll have them all at the Centennial
of Controlled Flight near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
- July, 4, 2003* -- The
Wright Kite, all three gliders, and our 1903 Flyer will be in the Airplane Parade
in New Carlisle, Ohio.
- July 17-20, 2003* --
We'll gather them together again at the Dayton
Air Show in Dayton, Ohio, with the addition of the 1905 Flyer
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* Note: These
events are endorsed by the United
States Centennial of Flight. |
Even if you can't make it to one of these events, you can see them all
together right here, right now. As mentioned above,
Michelangelo Flores,
who is no doubt a chip off the same block as his namesake, has put
together several "virtual realities." (We call them
"Michelangelo's worlds" here at WBAC.) These allow you to view the
gliders as if you were standing in the midst of them, looking all around,
up and down. To experience these VR images, you'll need a QuickTime extension for your
browser . If you don't have one, download it from the Apple
web site. It's free!
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Michelangelo's World #1 (227K)
-- The gliders are arranged in a semicircle.
You're standing in the middle with the kite at your feet. Click the
photo above.
Michelangelo's World #2
(237K) -- You've moved so you're in the cockpit of the 1900 glider. Click
the photo above.
Michelangelo's World #3
(119K) -- You've moved again to the cockpit of the 1902 glider. Click
the photo above.
QTVR images � 2001 by Michelangelo
Flores |
hen
we visited the North Carolina Outerbanks in September of 2001, we brought
with us all three Wright gliders -- the 1900, 1901, and 1902. We
lined them up and Jockeys Ridge State Park, creating a sight that not even
Wilbur or Orville saw -- all three gliders nose to tail. It was a
once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to walk down the line and see the evolution
the the Wright brothers aeronautical ideas. 
