Wright "B" Flyers prepare for Centennial

Frank Goepferich tightens a structural cable to the under carriage of a Wright "B" Flyer at ft. Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas, on Feb 27, 2010. Wright "B" Flyer Inc. volunteers assembled two Flyers. Their "Yellow Bird" the most authentic reproduction of the two features a wooden frame, Ford Model-A engine and hand carved propellers was assembled at Ft. Sam Houston. While the "Brown Bird" metal framed and modern engine modified Flyer was assembled at the Texas Air Museum. While the “Yellow Bird” is scheduled to taxi on Ft. Sam Houston’s MacArthur Parade Ground, the “Brown Bird” will make two flyovers during the Centennial of Military Aviation on March 2. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lance Cheung)

Wright "B" Flyers prepare for Centennial

Don Gum (left-right), Tim Gaffney, and Frank Goepferich listen to Tom Walters, as he takes a crack at figuring out how to position the framework of the tail section of a Wright "B" Flyer replica on Feb, 27, 2010 at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas. Walters is a retired Air Force pilot who began his military career in San Antonio and said he appreciated the opportunity come full circle as a volenteer to assemble the Wright "B" Flyer at Ft. Sam Houston, the home of militery aviation. Wright "B" Flyer Inc. crews assembled two Flyers in San Antonio, Texas, on Feb 27, 2010. The "Yellow Bird" the most authentic reproduction of the two features a wooden frame, Ford Model-A engine and hand carved propellers was assembled at Ft. Sam Houston. The “Yellow Bird” is scheduled to taxi on Ft. Sam Houston’s MacArthur Parade Ground, during the Centennial of Military Aviation on March 2. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lance Cheung)

Wright "B" Flyers prepare for Centennial

John Kennedy attaches structural cables of a Wright "B" Flyer at Fort Sam Houston, Texas on Feb, 27, 2010. Wright "B" Flyer Inc. volunteers assembled two Flyers in San Antonio. The "Yellow Bird" seen here is the more authentic reproduction featuring a wooden frame, Ford Model-A engine and hand carved propellers was assembled at Ft. Sam Houston. The "Yellow Bird" is scheduled to taxi on Fort Sam Houston's MacArthur Parade Ground, during the Centennial of Military Aviation on March 2. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lance Cheung)

Wright "B" Flyers prepare for Centennial

Bathed in yellow light shining through fabric-covered wings of a Wright "B" Flyer, Frank Goepferich attaches the structural cables that give the biplane strength and light weight. He is part of the Wright "B" Flyer Inc. volunteers that came to Fort Sam Houston, to assemble their "Yellow Bird" in San Antonio, on Feb, 27, 2010. This Flyer is their most authentic lookalike featuring a wooden frame, Ford Model-A engine and hand carved propellers the "Yellow Bird" is scheduled to taxi on Fort Sam Houston's MacArthur Parade Ground, during the Centennial of Military Aviation on March 2. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lance Cheung)

Wright "B" Flyers prepare for Centennial

Frank Goepferich removes packing material from cable ends for the translucent horizontal stabilizer/elevator of one of the two Wright "B" Flyer replicas that Wright "B" Flyer, Inc. and Texas Air Museum combined volunteers assembled in San Antonio, on Feb 27, 2010. The "Yellow Bird" the most authentic lookalike of the two features a wooden frame, Ford Model-A engine and hand carved propellers was assembled at Fort Sam Houston. The "Yellow Bird" is scheduled to taxi on Fort Sam Houston's MacArthur Parade Ground, during the Centennial of Military Aviation on March 2. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lance Cheung)

Wright "B" Flyers prepare for Centennial

John Kennedy (left) and Richard Holt (right) work high and low to reattach a horizontal stabilizer cables to a Wright "B" Flyer lookalike on Feb 27, 2010. Wright "B" Flyer Inc. and Texas Air Museum volunteers combined efforts to assemble two Flyers in San Antonio. The "Yellow Bird" the most authentic lookalike of the two. It features a wooden frame, Ford Model-A engine and hand carved propellers was assembled at Fort Sam Houston. The "Yellow Bird" is scheduled to taxi on MacArthur Parade Ground, during the Centennial of Military Aviation on March 2. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lance Cheung)