POSTAGE STAMP Collection – WRIGHT FLYER , Wright Brothers , Kitty Hawk North Carolina , December 17th 1903

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                           WRIGHT FLYER

The Wright Flyer (often retrospectively referred to as Flyer I or 1903 Flyer) was the first successful heavier-than-air powered aircraft. It was designed and built by the Wright brothers. They flew it four times on December 17, 1903, near Kill Devil Hills, about four miles (6.4 km) south of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Today, the airplane is exhibited in the National Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C. The U.S. Smithsonian Institution describes the aircraft as “the first powered, heavier-than-air machine to achieve controlled, sustained flight with a pilot aboard.”The flight of Flyer I marks the beginning of the “pioneer era” of aviation.

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 21 ft 1 in (6.43 m)
• Wingspan: 40 ft 4 in (12.29 m)
• Height: 9 ft 0 in (2.74 m)
• Wing area: 510 ft² (47 m²)
• Empty weight: 605 lb (274 kg)
• Max. takeoff weight: 745 lb (338 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × straight-4 water-cooled piston engine, 4 inches (102 mm) bore by 4 inches (102 mm) stroke., 12 hp (8.9 kW), 170 lbs (77.11 kg), (2 x Wright “Elliptical” props, 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m), port prop carved to counter-rotate left, starboard prop carved to rotate to the right)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 30 mph (48 km/h)
• Service ceiling: 30 ft (9.1 m)
• Wing loading: 1.4 lb/ft² (6.4 kg/m²)
• Power/mass: 0.02 hp/lb (15 W/kg)