Wright Model C

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name=Model C


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type=Scout
manufacturer=Wright Company
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first flight=1912
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variants with their own articles=The Wright Model C was an early military aircraft produced in the United States and which first flew in 1912. It was a development of the Model B but was specifically designed to offer the United States Army a long-range scouting aircraft. It featured a more powerful engine over its predecessor, and an endurance of around four hours. Still a two-seater, it added a complete second set of controls, meaning that either crewmember could operate the aircraft. On some, the lever controls were replaced with two wheels mounted on a single yoke."United States Military Aircraft Since 1909" by F. G. Swanborough & Peter M. Bowers (Putnam New York, ISBN 085177816X) 1964, 596 pp.] Aerodynamically, the small finlets that had been used on the Model B's undercarriage were replaced by a double fin carried on an outrigger in front of the aircraft.

Seven Model Cs were delivered to the Army, serial numbers 7-8 & 10-14."United States Military Aircraft Since 1909" by F. G. Swanborough & Peter M. Bowers (Putnam New York, ISBN 085177816X) 1964, 596 pp.] They quickly earned themselves an unenviable reputation when six of the seven crashed within a short space of time, with the seventh aircraft deemed unairworthy and grounded. An eighth machine was built under licence by the Burgess Company as their Model J, Army serial number 18.

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empty weight kg=363
empty weight lb=800
gross weight kg=585
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