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Sixteen feet up hangs a replica of the Wright Brothers 1903 Flyer. The wingspan is over 40 feet and it has a length of 21 feet from the nose to the tip of the tail.
Students who do notice the giant flyer realize its significance in history. Michael Gustafson, an engineering student, said, “I look at it every time I come up the steps, I like the symbolism of man taking to the sky.”
The project to build the replica was lead by Howard DuFour, who retired from WSU as a master machinist and model builder.
DuFour authored a book about the Wright’s mechanic, Charles Taylor the Wright Brothers Mechanician.
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