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Replican av Wright brödernas plan havererade i Ohio, 30 Juli 2011



(CNN) -- A replica of a 1910 aircraft built by flight pioneers Orville and
Wilbur Wright crashed Saturday in a field near Springfield, Ohio, killing
the two men aboard, the Ohio State Highway Patrol reported.

The aircraft was reported downed shortly before 11 a.m., the agency said in
a statement. It had taken off from Springfield Beckley Municipal Airport.

Police identified the dead men as Don Gum, 73, of Beaver Creek, Ohio, and
Mitchell Cary, 65, of Yellow Springs, Ohio.

The cause of the crash remained under investigation, according to the
highway patrol. It's looking into the incident along with the Federal
Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board.

The plane, owned by Wright "B" Flyer Inc. of Dayton, Ohio -- a volunteer
nonprofit group -- was a copy of a Wright Model B aircraft produced seven
years after the brothers' celebrated first powered flight.

It began test flights in June and performed well, according to a press
release on the organization's website.

The organization designed the plane to resemble the 1910 edition, but built
it so that it could be more easily taken apart and shipped to international
events, the company said in the June press release. It was built with a
modern engine, controls, and materials, the organization said.

Gum and Cary were members of the group's board of trustees and Cary was a
former president, CNN affiliate WHIO-TV reported.

"Mitch and Don were highly competent pilots with extensive experience flying
Wright 'B' Flyer airplanes and other experimental aircraft," WHIO quoted
president Phil Beaudoin as saying.

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