Were you in Dayton, Ohio, recently and saw an early biplane pass overhead? Tom Scott stopped at the Wright “B” Flyer Hangar/Museum in Dayton to see where Orville and Wilbur Wright built planes to sell beginning in 1910. The first commercial airplane was the Wright Model B, of which there are only two surviving examples from that era. But they have been built recently, using the Wright Brothers’ design and new and safer materials. This biplane has two propellers driven with a bicycle chain! It’s somehow both illuminating and reassuring that the plane designed in 1910 is still a valid design, although anyone in it is exposed to the wild blue yonder, which is an incredible experience. Tom has come a long way from being scared to ride a roller coaster. No, they didn’t let him fly the plane, but he got to ride in it. They don’t even let pilots fly this plane, with one exception you might be able to guess.
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