Thu, 18 Dec, 2003 - 00:00
Margaret Lillard
The propellers spun and the replica plane rolled along a track, but then it collapsed ignominiously into a puddle just as its nose was pointing up to the sky.
The attempt had already been delayed by about three hours after a heavy downpour at Kill Devil Hills in North Carolina.
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CourtsPlace: Kill Devil Hills, North CarolinaPlace: Kill Devil HillsPlace: North CarolinaPlace: Wright Brothers National MemorialPlace: MarsPlace: Brothers National MemorialPlace: Kill Devil HillPlace: Kitty HawkPerson: WrightPerson: President George BushPerson: BushPerson: Wright brothersPerson: OrvillePerson: Wilbur WrightPerson: Kevin KochersbergerwillPerson: Orville WrightPerson: Wrights'Person: KochersbergerPerson: Neil ArmstrongPerson: Buzz AldrinPerson: Chuck YeagerPerson: John GlennPerson: Kitty HawkOrganisation: Rochester Institute of Technology
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