Richard Pearse
Centenary of Flight
| The MOTAT 
      reconstruction about 1/3 of the way along its takeoff attempt. Initially the engine 
      wasn't running at full throttle and it was only at this point did the 
      pilot decide to gun the engine. Couldn't say how fast it was going, but 
      certainly there was no sign that it wanted to fly. | 
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