Pilot in serious condition after Wright Flyer replica crash

DAYTON — The pilot injured when he crashed a replica of the 1905 Wright Flyer III is in serious condition at Miami Valley Hospital’s intensive care unit, a hospital spokesman said Friday, Oct. 2. No further details were available.

Mark Dusenberry crashed Thursday morning during a practice flight in preparation for a re-enactment of Wilbur and Orville Wright’s historic demonstration of practical flight at Huffman Prairie.

The 48-year-old Dover resident had completed one practice flight and was on a second when the replica plane crashed, leaving the aircraft face-down in the middle of the field, its tail sticking up in the air.

Air Force spokesman Derek Kaufman said Dusenberry “was engaged in a second flight when he hit pretty hard.”

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