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RIT Professor Ready for Historic Wright Brothers Flight Re-Enactment; Kevin Kochersberger Named a 'Pilot of the Century'.(Rochester Institute of Technology)
AScribe Business & Economics News Service, December, 2003
Byline: Rochester Institute of Technology
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Dec. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- It's history in the remaking.
On Dec. 17, Kevin Kochersberger, associate professor of mechanical engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology, will re-enact one of the Wright brothers' first-ever powered flights.
Kochersberger is one of two people chosen to fly a reproduction 1903 Wright Flyer to commemorate the 100th anniversary of powered flight. He, along with Terry Queijo, an American Airlines pilot, earned the chance when each was named a 'Pilot of the Century' by the Experimental Aircraft Association.
The first re-enactment will be at 10:35 a.m. on Dec. 17, the 100th anniversary--to the minute--of the Wright brothers' first powered...
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