They hope to get their flying machines airborne on December
17, 2003, to mark the centennial of the Wright brothers’ landmark achievement,
which has been described by Time magazine as the day "the era of the
air age began and the world was never the same. Their invention would create a
new industry and revolutionize transportation, commerce and communication
throughout the globe."
During each recreation attempt in different parts of the
United States, the replica aeroplanes will fly low and travel at only 30 mph,
the same speed flown by the Wright brothers. Each pilot will control the machine
while lying on his stomach between the wings of the biplane, just as Orville did
a century before.