April 25, 2003 Feature Story
USU
Wright Flyer Takes Flight In Cache Valley
The anticipation Orville and Wilbur Wright felt when they built
and flew their original Wright flyer is similarly being felt
in Cache Valley as Utah State students and faculty have labored
for two years to recreate and fly their futuristic replica called
the USU Wright Flyer.
The celebration of the USU Wright Flyer's first flight in Cache
Valley will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April
26, at the Logan/Cache Airport, 900 West 2500 North, North Logan.
Wayne Larsen, a flight instructor and agricultural pilot from
Box Elder County, will fly the aircraft at noon, weather permitting.
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of powered flight, Utah
State University students and faculty and the Space Dynamics
Laboratory designed and constructed the futuristic replica of
the Wright Flyer using space-age materials. The celebration
of powered flight will give residents of Cache Valley a chance
to reflect on the past and compare it to the future.
The USU Wright Flyer replica project has been designated as
an official centennial event by the U.S. Centennial of Flight
Commission. The flyer will travel to Dayton, Ohio, in July to
the Inventing Flight celebration where it will be on display
through the duration of the events.
The USU Wright Flyer will also be one of only two Wright brothers
replicas to actually fly during the centennial celebration.
During the event at the Logan/Cache airport there will be an
opportunity for the public to have their picture taken sitting
in or standing beside the USU Wright flyer throughout the day.
The 5-by-7 pictures will be $5 each.
To find out more about the USU Wright Flyer visit the following
Web sites: www.usuwrightflyer.org
and http://utahstatetoday.usu.edu/archives/
march2003/03-14-03/feature-03-14-03.cfm.
Writer: Heather Butikofer, 435-797-1350, hmbutikofer@cc.usu.edu
Contact: Trina Paskett, 435-881-2823, trina.Paskett@sdl.usu.edu
Maren Cartwright, 435-797-1355, maren.cartwright@usu.edu
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