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The US Department of Interior's National Park Service selected the Experimental Aircraft Association, in cooperation with the Wright Experience, to recreate the historic first flight of the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on December 17, 2003.
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In support of Ken Hyde and the Wright Experience, the LFST testing program goals were:

Characterization and Documentation of the Wright Brothers' Technical Contributions to Aeronautics.

Educating and Inspiring the Public by Testing Historically Accurate Wright Brothers' Machines and Defining their Capabilities.

Educating a New Generation of Experimental Engineers by Appling Modern Testing Techniques to History's Most Important Airplanes.

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Copyright 2006 Old Dominion University - a Carnegie Doctoral/Research Extensive Institution. The LFST is operated by the College of Engineering and Technology, Old Dominion University.                         

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