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Meanwhile:
How about a
little music?
We have a selection of tunes that were
popular during the first days of aviation, performed by Sue Keller, courtesy the
Ragtime Press:
Want to ask a question? Tell
us something? Arrange a showing of one of our airplanes? Ping:
mailto:[email protected]
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 ere
are a few photos from both the September and October 2001 expeditions to
Jockeys Ridge State Park, NC.To watch a 814K QuickTime video of the 1900 glider in flight, click
on the photo to the right. If you have a fast modem and want
to watch a larger version (3.1M), click HERE.
The benevolent movie-makers at David
Garrigus Productions kindly put these together from the footage
they shot for their new documentary, Kitty
Hawk. If you have trouble viewing the video, go to Apple
and download the QuickTime extension for your browser. It's free!
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Click on a photo to enlarge
it.
Our "hangar" at Jockeys Ridge State Park,
Nags Head, NC. |
Rigging the 1901 glider. |
Rollout! |
Carrying the 1901 glider to the top of a dune. |
Initial kiting tests of the 1901 glider. |
And once we got the hang of it. |
Kiting with our "re-enactors," Tom Cherry
and David Thompson. |
Testing the pitch control. |
Testing roll control. |
Kiting the 1901 glider with a pilot aboard. |
Kiting one of our young helpers. |
Getting ready to launch the 1901 glider. |
The take-off run... |
...getting ready for release... |
...and we have lift-off! |
Another launch... |
...and another lift-off. |
Our pilot Dudley Mead gives some quick flight
instruction to Debbie Gallaway, Director of the US Centennial of Flight
Commission. |
And off Debbie goes! |
Recreating a famous photo with our re-enactors, Tom
and Dave. |
A take-off run... |
And off Tom goes! (Or is it Dave?) |
An aerial view of "Return to Kitty Hawk
1901," courtesy Debbie Gallaway, taken from her Swift. |
Carrying the 1901 glider back to its hangar. |
Like Being There
| If you couldn't make it down to Kitty Hawk for
our 2001 glide-in, you can still experience the adventure right
here, right now. Michelangelo
Flores, the benevolent master of VR, has put together several
"virtual realities." (We call them "Michelangelo's
worlds" here at WBAC.) These allow you to view the 1901 glider as if
you were standing right next to it, looking all around, up and down. You
can almost feel the wind in your hair! In the first of Michelangelo's
worlds, you can watch us rig the 1901 glider, getting it ready to fly. In
the second, we are kiting the glider from the top of a sand dune, and you
are down the slope a short distance. To experience the digital realities
that Michelangelo has created, 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!
QTVR images � 2001 by Michelangelo
Flores |
Michelangelo's World #1 (122K)
-- You're standing in the middle of the tent
and we are rigging the 1901 glider. Click the photo above.
Michelangelo's World #2
(76K) -- We're out on the dunes and you are just down the slope watching
us fly the 1901 glider as a kite. Click the photo above.
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Once again, our heartfelt thanks to the staff of Jockey's
Ridge State Park, North Carolina and the people of the Outer Banks for their
help and support during this adventure. We are looking forward to enjoying your
company and hospitality in 2002.
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