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 \n# Who were the Wright brothers\n\nWilbur and Orville Wright were twoAmericans who really wanted to fly!Thebrothers built gliders and kites for years—andthen,on December 171903,they became thefirst people to fly a powered aircraft.Theirairplane was called The Flyer and it flew fortwelve seconds and 120 feet (36.5m)at KittyHawk in North Carolina.  \nThe Flyer remained airborne for twelve seconds!  \nWilbur and Orville Wright.  \n?  \n# What did they do next\n\nWilbur and Orville set up the world's first test flight facilities and perfected aseries of aircraft designs.Their next step was to develop a military aircraft thatthey could sell in both Europe and America.By 1909,they were famousaround the world as successful inventors who had changed history forever.  \n?  \n# Who were the other pioneers\n\nThe Wright brothers won the race to build apowered aircraft that could fly.Their main rivalwas Samuel Langley,a professor who built a flyingmachine called an aerodrome.Aerodromes usedsteam engines and were much too heavy to fly.Ofcourse,by 1903,people had been flying ingliders and ballons for some years.  \nAn aerodrome was powered by a 52 hp engine.  \n# How did The Flyer fly\n\nFACT BYTES  \nThe Flyer flew because Wilbur and Orville discovered how to make an aircraft  \nrollike a bird does in flight.They used cables to move the wings and theIn 2200BC,theChinese emperor Shinwings steered the aircraft.The brothers used two propellers to produce thrust tojumped off a highmake the aircraft go forward and a petrol engine to power their machine.tower wearing twostraw hats—the first  \n●  \n# Who built the first aircraft\n\nThe ancient Chinese were the first people to try tofly,inspired by their love of kites.They used kitesin religious ceremonies and to test the weather—aswell as for fun.The Renaissance artist Leonardo daVinci designed a flying machine called anornithopter that used levers and pulleys to givemore power to the pilot's arms and legs.  \nAn ornithopter mimicked a bird's winged flight.  \nTHE PIONEERS  \nEARLY WAYS TO FLY  \nEarly aircraft were difficult to get off the ground and keep in the air.Designerslooked at kites and gliders to find out how to improve their airplanes.  \n# Why were kites important in the early days of flight\n\nThe Wright brothers built and flew a large kite to test their twisty or“wing-warping”figh+control system.The kite showed them that cables could be usedto control wings.After the brothers had finished,they gavethe kite away to local children.  \nReplicas of the“Wright kite”can be found inmuseums all overthe world.An early\"Wright kite.\"  \n# How do gliders work\n\nGliders are airplanes without engines.They mustbe launched,but take off is easy because their long,narrow wings generate a lot of lift.Lift is the force that liftan aircraft off the ground.Once in the air,gliders travel on\"thermals,\"columns of air rising off Earth.To land,the pilotincreases the air resistance or\"drag\"with brakes on the wings.  \nTheReBro'kker ilone.  \nDuring re-entry toEort'somosher  \nthe Space Shuttle acts  \njust like a glider,  \nfloating all th","cbCaiaI2fAsUMdaa","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiaI2fAsUMdaa","pdf",7553559,56,"English","# THE PIONEERS\n## Who were the Wright brothers\n## What did they do next\n## Who were the other pioneers\n## How did The Flyer fly\n## Who built the first aircraft\n## Why were kites important in the early days of flight\n## How do gliders work\n## When was the first glider flight\n## Why do some planes have extra wings\n## Who was the Red Baron\n# CHANNEL HOPPERS\n## Who was the first to fly across the Channel\n## Why was Blériot's crossing important","[{\"question\":\"When did the Wright brothers first fly a powered aircraft, and where?\",\"answer\":\"On December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright became the first to fly a powered aircraft at Kitty Hawk in North Carolina. 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