Fri, Apr 02, 2004
Sim Demonstrates Thrill Of Historic First Flight
A Wright Flyer simulator on loan to
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University April 7-11 will give
participants the chance to experience the excitement of the Wright
brothers during their historic flight at Kitty Hawk (NC), just over
100 years ago.
The simulator, a full-size replica of the Wright Flyer, will be
supervised by Embry-Riddle students in the first-floor atrium of
Embry-Riddle's Aviation Building. It will be available April 7-9 on
a walk-in basis.
To use the simulator, a person lies on the bottom wing,
controlling the wings with hip action and the elevators with hand
movements. While the aircraft stays stationery, a computer screen
displays the shifting Kitty Hawk landscape that corresponds to the
user's movements, creating the illusion of flight, and realistic
engine noise is generated.
"Embry-Riddle is delighted to share this simulator with the
community," says Dr. Tim Brady, dean of Embry-Riddle's College of
Aviation. "Getting the chance to feel what it was like to pilot the
Flyer is a once-in-a-lifetime experience that will give all of us
new appreciation for the skills and courage of aviation's
pioneers."
Orville Wright, at the controls of the Flyer on Dec. 17, 1903,
is credited with making the world's first flight in a powered,
heavier-than-air machine. The aircraft covered 120 feet in 12
seconds. He and his brother, Wilbur, made three more flights that
day. The longest, by Wilbur, was 852 feet in 59 seconds.
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