Wright Flyer (1903)
The first powered, controlled and sustained flight of a heavier-than-air aircraft, at Kitty Hawk on 17 December 1903. A 12 hp engine drove two pusher propellers; the pilot lay prone and steered with a front elevator and wing warping.
Performance
Fuel
- Fuel type
- MOGAS (unleaded car fuel)
- Total capacity
- 4 l
- Main tank
- 4 l
Runway
No published runway figures for this type yet.
Cockpit and systems
- Cockpit
- Analog gauges
Weights and capacity
- Max passengers
- 0
- Minimum crew
- 1
- Cockpit seats
- 1
- Max take-off weight (MTOW)
- 341 kg
- Empty weight
- 274 kg
Licence and training
- Extra training or endorsements
- None beyond the licence and rating.
EASA terms. Other authorities name and split ratings differently.
Flight rules and approvals
- Flight rules
- VFR only
Assumes the usual equipment. The aircraft's own documents decide what it may fly.
Type
- Manufacturer
- Wright
- Category
- Aeroplane
- Engines
- 1× Piston
- Wake turbulence category
- L · Light
- In service since
- 1903
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
- 2020 · 2024
Scale drawing
- Length
- 6.43 m
- Wingspan
- 12.29 m
- Height
- 2.84 m
- Fuselage width
- 0.6 m
- Propeller diameter
- 2.59 m
Drawn to scale from the published length, span and height; finer shapes are approximate.
Size comparison
- Wright Flyer (1903)Length 6.43 m
- Aviat Pitts S-1S SpecialLength 4.72 m
All drawn at one scale. The person is 1.8 m tall.
Typical published values for the named variant, for learning only. Always fly with the aircraft's own flight manual (POH/AFM).
Fly the Wright Flyer (1903) in the simulator
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