"At 4:30 on the afternoon of September 17, 1911, dressed in a business suit and tie sheltered under layers of sweaters and a sheepskin vest, his epic began in an open field at Sheepshead Bay, near New York City. Somewhat less than a cheering mob was witness to the takeoff since there were odds-on bets that the flight wouldn't make it past the Hudson River. But Cal fooled them. His first leg that day ended uneventfully at Middletown NY, a 104-mile trip taking nearly two hours.
Events took a bad turn on his takeoff the next morning when he snagged a tree with his wheel on takeoff and crashed into a
chicken shed. Dazed and bleeding from a cut on his scalp, Rodgers climbed out of the wreckage to face an irate farm wife who demanded immediate payment for the damage. Three days were required to put "Vin Fiz" back in flying shape."
So you see it has been done before with a Wright flyer!

BTW, this happend In Middletown, NY... about