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Off Beat: Re-creating 1912 plane in 2018 no simple task

Volunteers put in 7,000 hours over span of two years on Curtiss Pusher biplane

By Tom Vogt, Columbian Science, Military & History Reporter
Published: June 24, 2018, 8:29pm
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The team of volunteers who built the full-size 1912 replica biplane and Fort Vancouver staff move the plane Tuesday to Pearson Air Museum at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site.
The team of volunteers who built the full-size 1912 replica biplane and Fort Vancouver staff move the plane Tuesday to Pearson Air Museum at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. Alisha Jucevic/The Columbian files Photo Gallery

How do you re-create a 1912 airplane when you can’t find a 130-year-old airplane builder to help you?

You do what those craftsmen did: You keep trying until something works.

That was part of the approach to building the replica 1912 Curtiss Pusher biplane on display at Pearson Air Museum.

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