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loverboy1
February 7th, 2009, 06:26
i live near airport here thought of the board -lol


http://www.thestar.com/News/Ontario/article/583884

Led Zeppelin
February 7th, 2009, 11:14
An historic thread, nice idea!

Wilbur Wright came in France at Le Mans in 1908 with a Flyer 'Model A' and made the first flight on 8th of August 1908. To commemorate this 100 year old event, a replica of this aircraft was build and it was presented in june at Le Mans a few hours before the famous 24 hours race (I was there! :jump: )
Here is a picture taken from http://www.endurance-info.com (http://www.endurance-info.com/)
http://www.endurance-info.com/2008_Le_Mans/Avion.jpg

But Le Mans, it's not only racing cars :d
http://www.endurance-info.com/article.php?sid=5860&thold=0


Wilbur Wright stayed at Le Mans and Auvours until january 1909, here is the list of the records he established while he was there.
http://pagesperso-orange.fr/lemans.wright.08/wrightrecords.htm