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Unlike most Wright experimental machines, the 1903 Flyer was salvaged and returned to Dayton, beginning a long journey of neglect, flood, exile, and, finally, a return to honor.
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Creation: The Flyer never had it easyits construction was beset with problems, and its flying career lasted all of five flights.
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Exhibition and Exile: The machine sat crated in a shed for 13 years. Its years of neglect ended with exhibitions which gave way to a 25-year exile in England.
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Return: The Flyer's return to the U.S. helped settle an old score, and secure a permanent place of honor.
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Restoration: Thanks to the National Air and Space Museum, the Flyer has come to rest. Their painstaking conservation and preservation of the machine allows us to see "inside" the Wrights' most famous airplane.
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