Cody Flyer centenary celebrated in full scale
The first airplane to make a powered, controlled and sustained flight in Britain took place at Farnborough on October 16, 1908, continuing a tradition that
The first airplane to make a powered, controlled and sustained flight in Britain took place at Farnborough on October 16, 1908, continuing a tradition that had already made the airfield a center of aviation excellence. To celebrate that event, a full-size replica of Samuel Franklin Cody’s British army airplane Number 1A is making its first public appearance here.
The work of a dedicated group of volunteers, the replica is supposedly even more accurate than the original. Cody kept meticulous records, so initial plans and early detailed photographs were examined and appropriately digitized and turned into a computer aided design (CAD) model. At that point the designers identified and corrected minor discrepancies.
