February 21, 2003 News Releases
Released 2/20/03
UTAH
STATE UNIVERSITY WRIGHT FLYER FEATURED ON THE LEARNING CHANNEL
LOGAN — Utah State University is celebrating the 100-year
anniversary of powered flight by honoring the Wright brothers
in a unique way that has caught the attention of The Learning
Channel.
Utah State’s Wright Flyer Project will be featured on
The Learning Channel’s program Ultimate Ten Feb. 23 and
26 at 8 p.m. and Feb. 24 and 27 at 11 p.m. MST. Utah State students
and faculty have built a full-scale replica of the original
Wright brothers’ airplane.
Students and faculty members from the mechanical and aerospace
engineering department made up the design team. Students from
the industrial technology department comprised the build team.
The students, along with their faculty mentors, have dedicated
more than 10,000 hours of effort the designing and building
the plane.
The group teamed with the Space Dynamics Laboratory, Utah State
University Research Foundation and the U.S. Air Force to build
the USU Wright Flyer. The Utah State students were given the
challenge to design and build the flyer using space-age materials,
the way the Wright brothers might have done if they were designing
the plane today.
The USU Wright Flyer project has received all funding from private
donations and the Utah State University Research Foundation.
Funding is currently being raised to support an outreach tour
of Utah scheduled for May. Many community members and Utah State
students and staff have volunteered their time and knowledge
to the project.
The Learning Channel in Cache Valley is listed as channel 30.
For areas outside of Cache Valley, please check local listings.
For more information, visit www.usuwrightflyer.org
or contact Trina Paskett by phone at 435-797-4678 or by email
at trina.paskett@sdl.usu.edu.
February 20, 2003
Contact: Trina Paskett, (435) 797-4678, trina.paskett@sdl.usu.edu
Writer: Heather Butikofer, (435) 797-1350, hmbutikofer@cc.usu.edu
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